#9EC7EA#9EC7EA

#9EC7EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.066 H 244.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EC7EA
RGB	rgb(158, 199, 234)
HSL	hsl(208, 64%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(208, 32%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 15%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.49, -5.37, -21.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.49, 22.36, 256.10°)
OKLab	oklab(81.23% -0.0285 -0.0596)
OKLCH	oklch(81.23% 0.066 244.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.3707, 54.0542, 85.6581)
Luminance	0.5406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EC7EA #EAC19E

analogous

#9EEAE7 #9EC7EA #9EA1EA

triadic

#9EC7EA #EA9EC7 #C7EA9E

tetradic

#9EC7EA #E79EEA #EAC19E #A1EA9E

square

#9EC7EA #E79EEA #EAC19E #A1EA9E

split-complementary

#9EC7EA #EA9EA1 #EAE79E

monochromatic

#398DD4 #6CAADF #9EC7EA #D0E4F5 #E6F0FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#9EC7EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.81

#9EC7EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EC7EA

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EC7EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EC7EA	1.00	1.78	11.81	11.81
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C7EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBFE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86CFD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ec7ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 199, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.066 244.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcd8f0',
    500: '#9ec7ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ec7ea;
$custom-light: #bcd8f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ec7ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.632,
    "s": 64.407,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8123,
    "c": 0.06608,
    "h": 244.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EC7EA

secondary

#C59267

accent

#6C19CC

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#121416

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EC7EA

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

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