#9ECAFA#9ECAFA

#9ECAFA is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.082 H 251.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9ECAFA
RGB	rgb(158, 202, 250)
HSL	hsl(211, 90%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(211, 37%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.8%, 19.2%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.85, -2.96, -28.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.85, 28.36, 264.01°)
OKLab	oklab(82.48% -0.0268 -0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(82.48% 0.082 251)
XYZ	xyz(52.4709, 56.4096, 98.5473)
Luminance	0.5641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9ECAFA #FACE9E

analogous

#9EF8FA #9ECAFA #A09EFA

triadic

#9ECAFA #FA9ECA #CAFA9E

tetradic

#9ECAFA #FA9EF8 #FACE9E #9EFAA0

square

#9ECAFA #FA9EF8 #FACE9E #9EFAA0

split-complementary

#9ECAFA #FAA09E #F8FA9E

monochromatic

#2A8AF4 #64AAF7 #9ECAFA #D8EAFD #E2EFFD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#9ECAFA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.28

#9ECAFA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9ECAFA

12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9ECAFA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9ECAFA	1.00	1.71	12.28	12.28
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8CBFC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADC2F9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7FD5DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ecafa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 202, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.082 251.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bddafc',
    500: '#9ecafa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ecafa;
$custom-light: #bddafc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ecafa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.304,
    "s": 90.196,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82478,
    "c": 0.08244,
    "h": 251
  },
  "luminance": 0.56412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9ECAFA

secondary

#DBA161

accent

#7800E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFF

border

#D2D4D7

text

#121417

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9ECAFA

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

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