#9EC5CE#9EC5CE

#9EC5CE is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.043 H 213.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EC5CE
RGB	rgb(158, 197, 206)
HSL	hsl(191, 33%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(191, 23%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 4.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.07, -10.90, -8.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.07, 13.98, 218.80°)
OKLab	oklab(79.82% -0.0362 -0.0238)
OKLCH	oklch(79.82% 0.043 213.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.2041, 51.6561, 65.9694)
Luminance	0.5166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EC5CE #CEA79E

analogous

#9ECEBF #9EC5CE #9EADCE

triadic

#9EC5CE #CE9EC5 #C5CE9E

tetradic

#9EC5CE #BF9ECE #CEA79E #ADCE9E

square

#9EC5CE #BF9ECE #CEA79E #ADCE9E

split-complementary

#9EC5CE #CE9EAD #CEBF9E

monochromatic

#5192A1 #75ADB9 #9EC5CE #C7DDE3 #EBF3F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#9EC5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#9EC5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EC5CE

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EC5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EC5CE	1.00	1.85	11.33	11.33
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC2CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BCCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8FC9C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ec5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 197, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.043 213.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd6dd',
    500: '#9ec5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ec5ce;
$custom-light: #bbd6dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ec5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.25,
    "s": 32.877,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79818,
    "c": 0.04336,
    "h": 213.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EC5CE

secondary

#A3776D

accent

#4F3AAC

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFC

border

#D1D4D5

text

#121415

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EC5CE

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

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