#9EC4E2#9EC4E2

#9EC4E2 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.059 H 242.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EC4E2
RGB	rgb(158, 196, 226)
HSL	hsl(206, 54%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(206, 30%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.1%, 13.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.42, -5.72, -19.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.42, 19.87, 253.26°)
OKLab	oklab(80.3% -0.0274 -0.0521)
OKLCH	oklch(80.3% 0.059 242.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.5638, 52.2379, 79.5135)
Luminance	0.5224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EC4E2 #E2BC9E

analogous

#9EE2DE #9EC4E2 #9EA2E2

triadic

#9EC4E2 #E29EC4 #C4E29E

tetradic

#9EC4E2 #DE9EE2 #E2BC9E #A2E29E

square

#9EC4E2 #DE9EE2 #E2BC9E #A2E29E

split-complementary

#9EC4E2 #E29EA2 #E2DE9E

monochromatic

#408BC6 #6FA7D4 #9EC4E2 #CDE1F0 #E7F1F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#9EC4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.45

#9EC4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EC4E2

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EC4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EC4E2	1.00	1.83	11.45	11.45
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C3E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBCE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#89CBCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ec4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 196, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.059 242.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcd5eb',
    500: '#9ec4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ec4e2;
$custom-light: #bcd5eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ec4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.471,
    "s": 53.968,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80298,
    "c": 0.05891,
    "h": 242.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EC4E2

secondary

#BB8D69

accent

#6924C1

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFD

border

#D1D4D5

text

#121416

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EC4E2

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

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