#9EC6DF#9EC6DF

#9EC6DF is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.055 H 235.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EC6DF
RGB	rgb(158, 198, 223)
HSL	hsl(203, 50%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(203, 29%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.1%, 11.2%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.86, -7.50, -16.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.86, 18.35, 245.88°)
OKLab	oklab(80.62% -0.0311 -0.0458)
OKLCH	oklch(80.62% 0.055 235.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.6099, 52.9829, 77.5159)
Luminance	0.5299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EC6DF #DFB79E

analogous

#9EDFD8 #9EC6DF #9EA6DF

triadic

#9EC6DF #DF9EC6 #C6DF9E

tetradic

#9EC6DF #D89EDF #DFB79E #A6DF9E

square

#9EC6DF #D89EDF #DFB79E #A6DF9E

split-complementary

#9EC6DF #DF9EA6 #DFD89E

monochromatic

#4290C1 #70ABD0 #9EC6DF #CCE1EE #E8F1F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#9EC6DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.60

#9EC6DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EC6DF

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EC6DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EC6DF	1.00	1.81	11.60	11.60
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC5E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BDDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8ACDCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ec6df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 198, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.055 235.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcd7e9',
    500: '#9ec6df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ec6df;
$custom-light: #bcd7e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ec6df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.077,
    "s": 50.388,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80615,
    "c": 0.05536,
    "h": 235.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EC6DF

secondary

#B8886A

accent

#6128BE

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFC

border

#D1D4D5

text

#121416

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EC6DF

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

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