#9EC8DF#9EC8DF

#9EC8DF is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.055 H 232.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EC8DF
RGB	rgb(158, 200, 223)
HSL	hsl(201, 50%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(201, 29%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.1%, 10.3%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.41, -8.55, -15.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.41, 18.08, 241.77°)
OKLab	oklab(81.04% -0.0337 -0.0435)
OKLCH	oklch(81.04% 0.055 232.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.0700, 53.9033, 77.6693)
Luminance	0.5391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EC8DF #DFB59E

analogous

#9EDFD6 #9EC8DF #9EA7DF

triadic

#9EC8DF #DF9EC8 #C8DF9E

tetradic

#9EC8DF #D69EDF #DFB59E #A7DF9E

square

#9EC8DF #D69EDF #DFB59E #A7DF9E

split-complementary

#9EC8DF #DF9EA7 #DFD69E

monochromatic

#4294C1 #70AED0 #9EC8DF #CCE2EE #E8F2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#9EC8DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.78

#9EC8DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EC8DF

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EC8DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EC8DF	1.00	1.78	11.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC6E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BFDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8ACECF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ec8df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 200, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.055 232.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcd8e9',
    500: '#9ec8df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ec8df;
$custom-light: #bcd8e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ec8df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.231,
    "s": 50.388,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81042,
    "c": 0.05507,
    "h": 232.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EC8DF

secondary

#B8856A

accent

#5D28BE

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFC

border

#D1D4D5

text

#121416

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EC8DF

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

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