#9EC3FF#9EC3FF

#9EC3FF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.094 H 259.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EC3FF
RGB	rgb(158, 195, 255)
HSL	hsl(217, 100%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(217, 38%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(38%, 23.5%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.18, 2.10, -33.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.18, 33.51, 273.60°)
OKLab	oklab(81.23% -0.0165 -0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(81.23% 0.094 259.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.6600, 53.5167, 102.1961)
Luminance	0.5352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EC3FF #FFDA9E

analogous

#9EF4FF #9EC3FF #A99EFF

triadic

#9EC3FF #FF9EC3 #C3FF9E

tetradic

#9EC3FF #FF9EF4 #FFDA9E #9EFFA9

square

#9EC3FF #FF9EF4 #FFDA9E #9EFFA9

split-complementary

#9EC3FF #FFA99E #F4FF9E

monochromatic

#2477FF #619DFF #9EC3FF #DBE9FF #E0ECFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#9EC3FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#9EC3FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EC3FF

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EC3FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EC3FF	1.00	1.79	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEC6FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3BDFE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7ED0D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ec3ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 195, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.094 259.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdd5ff',
    500: '#9ec3ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ec3ff;
$custom-light: #bdd5ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ec3ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.113,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81231,
    "c": 0.09429,
    "h": 259.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EC3FF

secondary

#E3B05F

accent

#8E00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFF

border

#D2D4D7

text

#121418

muted

#828386

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EC3FF

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

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