#9EC5FA#9EC5FA

#9EC5FA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.086 H 256.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EC5FA
RGB	rgb(158, 197, 250)
HSL	hsl(215, 90%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(215, 37%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.8%, 21.2%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.52, -0.28, -30.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.52, 30.24, 269.48°)
OKLab	oklab(81.44% -0.0206 -0.0837)
OKLCH	oklch(81.44% 0.086 256.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.3167, 54.1012, 98.1626)
Luminance	0.5410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9EC5FA #FAD39E

analogous

#9EF3FA #9EC5FA #A59EFA

triadic

#9EC5FA #FA9EC5 #C5FA9E

tetradic

#9EC5FA #FA9EF3 #FAD39E #9EFAA5

square

#9EC5FA #FA9EF3 #FAD39E #9EFAA5

split-complementary

#9EC5FA #FAA59E #F3FA9E

monochromatic

#2A7FF4 #64A2F7 #9EC5FA #D8E8FD #E2EEFD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#9EC5FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.82

#9EC5FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EC5FA

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EC5FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EC5FA	1.00	1.78	11.82	11.82
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C7FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7BEF9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#80D0D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ec5fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 197, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.086 256.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdd6fc',
    500: '#9ec5fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ec5fa;
$custom-light: #bdd6fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ec5fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.565,
    "s": 90.196,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81437,
    "c": 0.08621,
    "h": 256.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EC5FA

secondary

#DBA761

accent

#8400E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFF

border

#D2D4D7

text

#121417

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EC5FA

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

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