#9EC4E8#9EC4E8

#9EC4E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.065 H 247.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EC4E8
RGB	rgb(158, 196, 232)
HSL	hsl(209, 62%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(209, 32%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.9%, 15.5%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.62, -4.26, -21.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.62, 22.37, 259.01°)
OKLab	oklab(80.52% -0.0253 -0.0603)
OKLCH	oklch(80.52% 0.065 247.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.4015, 52.5730, 83.9256)
Luminance	0.5258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EC4E8 #E8C29E

analogous

#9EE8E7 #9EC4E8 #9E9FE8

triadic

#9EC4E8 #E89EC4 #C4E89E

tetradic

#9EC4E8 #E79EE8 #E8C29E #9FE89E

square

#9EC4E8 #E79EE8 #E8C29E #9FE89E

split-complementary

#9EC4E8 #E89E9F #E8E79E

monochromatic

#3B88D1 #6DA6DC #9EC4E8 #CFE2F4 #E6F0F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#9EC4E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.52

#9EC4E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EC4E8

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EC4E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EC4E8	1.00	1.82	11.52	11.52
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C4EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBCE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87CCD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ec4e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 196, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.065 247.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcd5ef',
    500: '#9ec4e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ec4e8;
$custom-light: #bcd5ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ec4e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.189,
    "s": 61.667,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80522,
    "c": 0.06541,
    "h": 247.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EC4E8

secondary

#C39467

accent

#701CC9

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#121416

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EC4E8

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

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