#9EC9F4#9EC9F4

#9EC9F4 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.076 H 248.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EC9F4
RGB	rgb(158, 201, 244)
HSL	hsl(210, 80%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(210, 35%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.2%, 17.6%, 0%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.37, -3.95, -25.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.37, 26.03, 261.27°)
OKLab	oklab(82.03% -0.0276 -0.071)
OKLCH	oklch(82.03% 0.076 248.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.3112, 55.5715, 93.5931)
Luminance	0.5557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EC9F4 #F4C99E

analogous

#9EF4F4 #9EC9F4 #9E9EF4

triadic

#9EC9F4 #F49EC9 #C9F49E

tetradic

#9EC9F4 #F49EF4 #F4C99E #9EF49E

square

#9EC9F4 #F49EF4 #F4C99E #9EF49E

split-complementary

#9EC9F4 #F49E9E #F4F49E

monochromatic

#308CE8 #67AAEE #9EC9F4 #D5E8FA #E4F0FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#9EC9F4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.11

#9EC9F4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EC9F4

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EC9F4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EC9F4	1.00	1.73	12.11	12.11
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8CAF6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEC1F3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#82D3D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ec9f4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 201, 244);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.076 248.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdd9f7',
    500: '#9ec9f4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ec9f4;
$custom-light: #bdd9f7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ec9f4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 244
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 79.63,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82033,
    "c": 0.07612,
    "h": 248.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EC9F4

secondary

#D39B63

accent

#730ADC

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFE

border

#D2D4D6

text

#121417

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EC9F4

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

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