#9EC3DA#9EC3DA

#9EC3DA is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.051 H 235.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EC3DA
RGB	rgb(158, 195, 218)
HSL	hsl(203, 45%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(203, 28%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.5%, 10.6%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.90, -7.09, -15.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.90, 17.06, 245.42°)
OKLab	oklab(79.8% -0.029 -0.0423)
OKLCH	oklch(79.8% 0.051 235.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.2668, 51.3594, 73.7917)
Luminance	0.5136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9EC3DA #DAB59E

analogous

#9EDAD3 #9EC3DA #9EA5DA

triadic

#9EC3DA #DA9EC3 #C3DA9E

tetradic

#9EC3DA #D39EDA #DAB59E #A5DA9E

square

#9EC3DA #D39EDA #DAB59E #A5DA9E

split-complementary

#9EC3DA #DA9EA5 #DAD39E

monochromatic

#468CB8 #72A8C9 #9EC3DA #CADEEB #E9F1F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#9EC3DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#9EC3DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EC3DA

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EC3DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EC3DA	1.00	1.86	11.27	11.27
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C2DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BBDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8CC9CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ec3da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 195, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.051 235.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcd5e5',
    500: '#9ec3da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ec3da;
$custom-light: #bcd5e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ec3da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203,
    "s": 44.776,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79798,
    "c": 0.05134,
    "h": 235.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EC3DA

secondary

#B1866B

accent

#632EB8

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFC

border

#D1D4D5

text

#121415

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EC3DA

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

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