#9EC5F5#9EC5F5

#9EC5F5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.080 H 253.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EC5F5
RGB	rgb(158, 197, 245)
HSL	hsl(213, 81%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(213, 36%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 19.6%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.34, -1.55, -27.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.34, 27.89, 266.80°)
OKLab	oklab(81.24% -0.0222 -0.0769)
OKLCH	oklch(81.24% 0.08 253.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.5431, 53.7917, 94.0882)
Luminance	0.5379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EC5F5 #F5CE9E

analogous

#9EF1F5 #9EC5F5 #A39EF5

triadic

#9EC5F5 #F59EC5 #C5F59E

tetradic

#9EC5F5 #F59EF1 #F5CE9E #9EF5A3

square

#9EC5F5 #F59EF1 #F5CE9E #9EF5A3

split-complementary

#9EC5F5 #F5A39E #F1F59E

monochromatic

#2F83EA #67A4EF #9EC5F5 #D5E6FB #E3EEFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#9EC5F5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#9EC5F5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EC5F5

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EC5F5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EC5F5	1.00	1.79	11.76	11.76
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C7F7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9BEF4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#82D0D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ec5f5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 197, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.080 253.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdd6f8',
    500: '#9ec5f5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ec5f5;
$custom-light: #bdd6f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ec5f5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.103,
    "s": 81.308,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81236,
    "c": 0.08005,
    "h": 253.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EC5F5

secondary

#D4A163

accent

#7E08DE

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFF

border

#D2D4D7

text

#121417

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EC5F5

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

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