#9EC8EA#9EC8EA

#9EC8EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.066 H 243.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EC8EA
RGB	rgb(158, 200, 234)
HSL	hsl(207, 64%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(207, 32%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 14.5%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.76, -5.90, -21.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.76, 22.10, 254.51°)
OKLab	oklab(81.44% -0.0297 -0.0585)
OKLCH	oklch(81.44% 0.066 243.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.6015, 54.5158, 85.7350)
Luminance	0.5452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EC8EA #EAC09E

analogous

#9EEAE6 #9EC8EA #9EA2EA

triadic

#9EC8EA #EA9EC8 #C8EA9E

tetradic

#9EC8EA #E69EEA #EAC09E #A2EA9E

square

#9EC8EA #E69EEA #EAC09E #A2EA9E

split-complementary

#9EC8EA #EA9EA2 #EAE69E

monochromatic

#398FD4 #6CABDF #9EC8EA #D0E5F5 #E6F1FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#9EC8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.90

#9EC8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EC8EA

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EC8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EC8EA	1.00	1.76	11.90	11.90
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC8EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BFE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86D0D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ec8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 200, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.066 243.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcd8f0',
    500: '#9ec8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ec8ea;
$custom-light: #bcd8f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ec8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.842,
    "s": 64.407,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81442,
    "c": 0.06563,
    "h": 243.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EC8EA

secondary

#C59167

accent

#6919CC

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#121416

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EC8EA

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

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