#9EC8FF#9EC8FF

#9EC8FF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.090 H 255.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EC8FF
RGB	rgb(158, 200, 255)
HSL	hsl(214, 100%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(214, 38%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(38%, 21.6%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.50, -0.60, -31.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.50, 31.42, 268.90°)
OKLab	oklab(82.26% -0.0227 -0.087)
OKLCH	oklch(82.26% 0.09 255.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.7991, 55.7949, 102.5758)
Luminance	0.5580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EC8FF #FFD59E

analogous

#9EF8FF #9EC8FF #A49EFF

triadic

#9EC8FF #FF9EC8 #C8FF9E

tetradic

#9EC8FF #FF9EF8 #FFD59E #9EFFA4

square

#9EC8FF #FF9EF8 #FFD59E #9EFFA4

split-complementary

#9EC8FF #FFA49E #F8FF9E

monochromatic

#2483FF #61A5FF #9EC8FF #DBEBFF #E0EEFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#9EC8FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#9EC8FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EC8FF

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EC8FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EC8FF	1.00	1.73	12.16	12.16
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4CAFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9C1FE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7DD4DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ec8ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 200, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.090 255.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdd8ff',
    500: '#9ec8ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ec8ff;
$custom-light: #bdd8ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ec8ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.021,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82263,
    "c": 0.08997,
    "h": 255.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EC8FF

secondary

#E3A95F

accent

#8200E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFF

border

#D2D4D7

text

#121418

muted

#828386

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EC8FF

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

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