#9EC6EA#9EC6EA

#9EC6EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.067 H 245.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EC6EA
RGB	rgb(158, 198, 234)
HSL	hsl(208, 64%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(208, 32%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 15.4%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.23, -4.84, -22.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.23, 22.64, 257.66°)
OKLab	oklab(81.02% -0.0272 -0.0608)
OKLCH	oklch(81.02% 0.067 245.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.1414, 53.5955, 85.5816)
Luminance	0.5360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EC6EA #EAC29E

analogous

#9EEAE8 #9EC6EA #9EA0EA

triadic

#9EC6EA #EA9EC6 #C6EA9E

tetradic

#9EC6EA #E89EEA #EAC29E #A0EA9E

square

#9EC6EA #E89EEA #EAC29E #A0EA9E

split-complementary

#9EC6EA #EA9EA0 #EAE89E

monochromatic

#398BD4 #6CA8DF #9EC6EA #D0E4F5 #E6F0FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#9EC6EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.72

#9EC6EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EC6EA

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EC6EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EC6EA	1.00	1.79	11.72	11.72
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C6EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBEE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86CED2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ec6ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 198, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.067 245.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcd7f0',
    500: '#9ec6ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ec6ea;
$custom-light: #bcd7f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ec6ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.421,
    "s": 64.407,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81019,
    "c": 0.06658,
    "h": 245.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EC6EA

secondary

#C59467

accent

#6E19CC

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#121416

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EC6EA

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

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