#9EC6F5#9EC6F5

#9EC6F5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.079 H 252.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EC6F5
RGB	rgb(158, 198, 245)
HSL	hsl(212, 81%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(212, 36%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 19.2%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.61, -2.09, -27.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.61, 27.51, 265.64°)
OKLab	oklab(81.44% -0.0234 -0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(81.44% 0.079 252.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.7709, 54.2474, 94.1641)
Luminance	0.5425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EC6F5 #F5CD9E

analogous

#9EF1F5 #9EC6F5 #A29EF5

triadic

#9EC6F5 #F59EC6 #C6F59E

tetradic

#9EC6F5 #F59EF1 #F5CD9E #9EF5A2

square

#9EC6F5 #F59EF1 #F5CD9E #9EF5A2

split-complementary

#9EC6F5 #F5A29E #F1F59E

monochromatic

#2F85EA #67A5EF #9EC6F5 #D5E7FB #E3EFFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#9EC6F5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#9EC6F5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EC6F5

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EC6F5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EC6F5	1.00	1.77	11.85	11.85
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C7F7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AABFF4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#82D0D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ec6f5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 198, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.079 252.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdd7f8',
    500: '#9ec6f5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ec6f5;
$custom-light: #bdd7f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ec6f5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.414,
    "s": 81.308,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81444,
    "c": 0.07931,
    "h": 252.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EC6F5

secondary

#D4A063

accent

#7B08DE

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFF

border

#D2D4D7

text

#121417

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EC6F5

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

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