#9EC5DB#9EC5DB

#9EC5DB is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.052 H 233.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EC5DB
RGB	rgb(158, 197, 219)
HSL	hsl(202, 46%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(202, 28%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.9%, 10%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.47, -7.92, -15.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.47, 17.13, 242.47°)
OKLab	oklab(80.26% -0.0313 -0.0415)
OKLCH	oklch(80.26% 0.052 233)
XYZ	xyz(46.8492, 52.3141, 74.6333)
Luminance	0.5232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EC5DB #DBB49E

analogous

#9EDBD3 #9EC5DB #9EA7DB

triadic

#9EC5DB #DB9EC5 #C5DB9E

tetradic

#9EC5DB #D39EDB #DBB49E #A7DB9E

square

#9EC5DB #D39EDB #DBB49E #A7DB9E

split-complementary

#9EC5DB #DB9EA7 #DBD39E

monochromatic

#4590BA #71AACA #9EC5DB #CBE0EC #E9F2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#9EC5DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.46

#9EC5DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EC5DB

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EC5DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EC5DB	1.00	1.83	11.46	11.46
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC3DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BCDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8BCBCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ec5db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 197, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.052 233.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcd6e6',
    500: '#9ec5db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ec5db;
$custom-light: #bcd6e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ec5db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.639,
    "s": 45.865,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8026,
    "c": 0.05194,
    "h": 233
  },
  "luminance": 0.52316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EC5DB

secondary

#B3856B

accent

#5F2CB9

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFC

border

#D1D4D5

text

#121415

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EC5DB

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

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