#9EC4E6#9EC4E6

#9EC4E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.063 H 245.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EC4E6
RGB	rgb(158, 196, 230)
HSL	hsl(208, 59%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(208, 31%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.3%, 14.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.56, -4.75, -20.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.56, 21.52, 257.24°)
OKLab	oklab(80.45% -0.026 -0.0576)
OKLCH	oklch(80.45% 0.063 245.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.1191, 52.4600, 82.4380)
Luminance	0.5246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EC4E6 #E6C09E

analogous

#9EE6E4 #9EC4E6 #9EA0E6

triadic

#9EC4E6 #E69EC4 #C4E69E

tetradic

#9EC4E6 #E49EE6 #E6C09E #A0E69E

square

#9EC4E6 #E49EE6 #E6C09E #A0E69E

split-complementary

#9EC4E6 #E69EA0 #E6E49E

monochromatic

#3D89CD #6DA6D9 #9EC4E6 #CFE2F3 #E7F0F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#9EC4E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.49

#9EC4E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EC4E6

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EC4E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EC4E6	1.00	1.83	11.49	11.49
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C4E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBCE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88CCCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ec4e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 196, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.063 245.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcd5ee',
    500: '#9ec4e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ec4e6;
$custom-light: #bcd5ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ec4e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.333,
    "s": 59.016,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80446,
    "c": 0.06319,
    "h": 245.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EC4E6

secondary

#C09268

accent

#6E1FC7

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#121416

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EC4E6

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

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