#9EC9FA#9EC9FA

#9EC9FA is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.083 H 252.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EC9FA
RGB	rgb(158, 201, 250)
HSL	hsl(212, 90%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(212, 37%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.8%, 19.6%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.58, -2.43, -28.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.58, 28.72, 265.15°)
OKLab	oklab(82.27% -0.0256 -0.0791)
OKLCH	oklch(82.27% 0.083 252.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.2371, 55.9418, 98.4693)
Luminance	0.5595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EC9FA #FACF9E

analogous

#9EF7FA #9EC9FA #A19EFA

triadic

#9EC9FA #FA9EC9 #C9FA9E

tetradic

#9EC9FA #FA9EF7 #FACF9E #9EFAA1

square

#9EC9FA #FA9EF7 #FACF9E #9EFAA1

split-complementary

#9EC9FA #FAA19E #F7FA9E

monochromatic

#2A88F4 #64A9F7 #9EC9FA #D8E9FD #E2EFFD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#9EC9FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.19

#9EC9FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EC9FA

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EC9FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EC9FA	1.00	1.72	12.19	12.19
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7CAFC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACC1F9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7FD4D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ec9fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 201, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.083 252.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdd9fc',
    500: '#9ec9fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ec9fa;
$custom-light: #bdd9fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ec9fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.957,
    "s": 90.196,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82269,
    "c": 0.08314,
    "h": 252.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EC9FA

secondary

#DBA261

accent

#7A00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFF

border

#D2D4D7

text

#121417

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EC9FA

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

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