#9EC7EB#9EC7EB

#9EC7EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.067 H 245.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EC7EB
RGB	rgb(158, 199, 235)
HSL	hsl(208, 66%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(208, 33%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.8%, 15.3%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.53, -5.13, -22.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.53, 22.78, 256.99°)
OKLab	oklab(81.27% -0.0281 -0.061)
OKLCH	oklch(81.27% 0.067 245.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.5147, 54.1118, 86.4168)
Luminance	0.5411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EC7EB #EBC29E

analogous

#9EEBE9 #9EC7EB #9EA1EB

triadic

#9EC7EB #EB9EC7 #C7EB9E

tetradic

#9EC7EB #E99EEB #EBC29E #A1EB9E

square

#9EC7EB #E99EEB #EBC29E #A1EB9E

split-complementary

#9EC7EB #EB9EA1 #EBE99E

monochromatic

#398CD6 #6BAAE1 #9EC7EB #D1E4F5 #E6F0FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#9EC7EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.82

#9EC7EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EC7EB

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EC7EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EC7EB	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)

#B9C7ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBFEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86D0D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ec7eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 199, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.067 245.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcd7f1',
    500: '#9ec7eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ec7eb;
$custom-light: #bcd7f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ec7eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.052,
    "s": 65.812,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81268,
    "c": 0.06717,
    "h": 245.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EC7EB

secondary

#C79367

accent

#6D18CE

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#121416

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EC7EB

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

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