#9EC3CD#9EC3CD

#9EC3CD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.042 H 216.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EC3CD
RGB	rgb(158, 195, 205)
HSL	hsl(193, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(193, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 4.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.50, -10.08, -9.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.50, 13.56, 222.01°)
OKLab	oklab(79.35% -0.0339 -0.0247)
OKLCH	oklch(79.35% 0.042 216)
XYZ	xyz(44.6319, 50.7054, 65.1813)
Luminance	0.5071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9EC3CD #CDA89E

analogous

#9ECDBF #9EC3CD #9EABCD

triadic

#9EC3CD #CD9EC3 #C3CD9E

tetradic

#9EC3CD #BF9ECD #CDA89E #ABCD9E

square

#9EC3CD #BF9ECD #CDA89E #ABCD9E

split-complementary

#9EC3CD #CD9EAB #CDBF9E

monochromatic

#528E9F #76AAB8 #9EC3CD #C6DCE2 #EBF3F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#9EC3CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.14

#9EC3CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EC3CD

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EC3CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EC3CD	1.00	1.88	11.14	11.14
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC0CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BACD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90C7C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ec3cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 195, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.042 216.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd5dc',
    500: '#9ec3cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ec3cd;
$custom-light: #bbd5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ec3cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.766,
    "s": 31.973,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79353,
    "c": 0.04196,
    "h": 216
  },
  "luminance": 0.50707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EC3CD

secondary

#A2786D

accent

#533BAB

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFC

border

#D1D4D5

text

#121415

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EC3CD

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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