#9EC4F8#9EC4F8

#9EC4F8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.085 H 256.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EC4F8
RGB	rgb(158, 196, 248)
HSL	hsl(215, 87%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(215, 36%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.3%, 21%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.18, -0.25, -29.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.18, 29.69, 269.52°)
OKLab	oklab(81.15% -0.02 -0.0821)
OKLCH	oklch(81.15% 0.085 256.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.7785, 53.5238, 96.4443)
Luminance	0.5353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EC4F8 #F8D29E

analogous

#9EF1F8 #9EC4F8 #A59EF8

triadic

#9EC4F8 #F89EC4 #C4F89E

tetradic

#9EC4F8 #F89EF1 #F8D29E #9EF8A5

square

#9EC4F8 #F89EF1 #F8D29E #9EF8A5

split-complementary

#9EC4F8 #F8A59E #F1F89E

monochromatic

#2C7FF0 #65A1F4 #9EC4F8 #D7E7FC #E2EEFD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#9EC4F8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.71

#9EC4F8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EC4F8

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EC4F8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EC4F8	1.00	1.79	11.71	11.71
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C6FA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7BDF7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#81CFD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ec4f8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 196, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.085 256.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdd5fa',
    500: '#9ec4f8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ec4f8;
$custom-light: #bdd5fa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ec4f8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.667,
    "s": 86.538,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81148,
    "c": 0.08454,
    "h": 256.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EC4F8

secondary

#D8A662

accent

#8402E3

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFF

border

#D2D4D7

text

#121417

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EC4F8

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

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