#9ECAEF#9ECAEF

#9ECAEF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.070 H 244.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9ECAEF
RGB	rgb(158, 202, 239)
HSL	hsl(207, 72%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(207, 34%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.9%, 15.5%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.47, -5.73, -22.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.47, 23.62, 255.96°)
OKLab	oklab(82.05% -0.0305 -0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(82.05% 0.07 244.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.7962, 55.7397, 89.7269)
Luminance	0.5574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9ECAEF #EFC39E

analogous

#9EEFEB #9ECAEF #9EA2EF

triadic

#9ECAEF #EF9ECA #CAEF9E

tetradic

#9ECAEF #EB9EEF #EFC39E #A2EF9E

square

#9ECAEF #EB9EEF #EFC39E #A2EF9E

split-complementary

#9ECAEF #EF9EA2 #EFEB9E

monochromatic

#3591DE #69ADE6 #9ECAEF #D3E7F8 #E5F1FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#9ECAEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.15

#9ECAEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9ECAEF

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9ECAEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9ECAEF	1.00	1.73	12.15	12.15
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBCAF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1C1EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#84D3D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ecaef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 202, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.070 244.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bddaf4',
    500: '#9ecaef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ecaef;
$custom-light: #bddaf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ecaef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.407,
    "s": 71.681,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82052,
    "c": 0.07003,
    "h": 244.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9ECAEF

secondary

#CC9465

accent

#6A12D4

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#121417

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9ECAEF

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

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