#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
RGBrgb(158, 197, 245)
HSLhsl(213, 81%, 79%)
HSVhsv(213, 36%, 96%)
CMYKcmyk(35.5%, 19.6%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LABlab(78.34, -1.55, -27.84)
CIE-LCHlch(78.34, 27.89, 266.80°)
OKLaboklab(81.24% -0.0222 -0.0769)
OKLCHoklch(81.24% 0.08 253.9)
XYZxyz(50.5431, 53.7917, 94.0882)
Luminance0.5379 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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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
##9EC5F51.001.7911.7611.76
#FFFFFF1.791.0021.0021.00
#00000011.7621.001.001.00
##00000011.7621.001.001.00

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

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#9EC5F5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva