#9ECAEE#9ECAEE

#9ECAEE is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.069 H 243.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9ECAEE
RGB	rgb(158, 202, 238)
HSL	hsl(207, 70%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(207, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 15.1%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.43, -5.98, -22.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.43, 23.21, 255.08°)
OKLab	oklab(82.01% -0.0309 -0.0617)
OKLCH	oklch(82.01% 0.069 243.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.6489, 55.6807, 88.9511)
Luminance	0.5568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9ECAEE #EEC29E

analogous

#9EEEEA #9ECAEE #9EA2EE

triadic

#9ECAEE #EE9ECA #CAEE9E

tetradic

#9ECAEE #EA9EEE #EEC29E #A2EE9E

square

#9ECAEE #EA9EEE #EEC29E #A2EE9E

split-complementary

#9ECAEE #EE9EA2 #EEEA9E

monochromatic

#3691DC #6AAEE5 #9ECAEE #D2E6F7 #E5F1FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#9ECAEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.14

#9ECAEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9ECAEE

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9ECAEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9ECAEE	1.00	1.73	12.14	12.14
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBCAF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1C1ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#84D3D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ecaee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 202, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.069 243.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bddaf3',
    500: '#9ecaee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ecaee;
$custom-light: #bddaf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ecaee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207,
    "s": 70.175,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82014,
    "c": 0.06897,
    "h": 243.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9ECAEE

secondary

#CB9366

accent

#6913D2

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#121417

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9ECAEE

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

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