#9EC9F9#9EC9F9

#9EC9F9 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.082 H 251.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EC9F9
RGB	rgb(158, 201, 249)
HSL	hsl(212, 88%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(212, 37%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.5%, 19.3%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.55, -2.68, -28.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.55, 28.26, 264.55°)
OKLab	oklab(82.23% -0.0259 -0.0777)
OKLCH	oklch(82.23% 0.082 251.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.0807, 55.8793, 97.6457)
Luminance	0.5588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EC9F9 #F9CE9E

analogous

#9EF7F9 #9EC9F9 #A09EF9

triadic

#9EC9F9 #F99EC9 #C9F99E

tetradic

#9EC9F9 #F99EF7 #F9CE9E #9EF9A0

square

#9EC9F9 #F99EF7 #F9CE9E #9EF9A0

split-complementary

#9EC9F9 #F9A09E #F7F99E

monochromatic

#2B89F2 #64A9F5 #9EC9F9 #D8E9FD #E2EFFD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#9EC9F9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.18

#9EC9F9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EC9F9

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EC9F9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EC9F9	1.00	1.72	12.18	12.18
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7CAFB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACC1F8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#80D4D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ec9f9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 201, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.082 251.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdd9fb',
    500: '#9ec9f9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ec9f9;
$custom-light: #bdd9fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ec9f9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.648,
    "s": 88.35,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82229,
    "c": 0.08195,
    "h": 251.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EC9F9

secondary

#DAA161

accent

#7901E5

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFF

border

#D2D4D7

text

#121417

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EC9F9

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

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