#9ECAFF#9ECAFF

#9ECAFF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.088 H 253.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9ECAFF
RGB	rgb(158, 202, 255)
HSL	hsl(213, 100%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(213, 38%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(38%, 20.8%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.03, -1.68, -30.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.03, 30.64, 266.87°)
OKLab	oklab(82.68% -0.0252 -0.0847)
OKLCH	oklch(82.68% 0.088 253.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.2653, 56.7273, 102.7312)
Luminance	0.5673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9ECAFF #FFD39E

analogous

#9EFAFF #9ECAFF #A29EFF

triadic

#9ECAFF #FF9ECA #CAFF9E

tetradic

#9ECAFF #FF9EFA #FFD39E #9EFFA2

square

#9ECAFF #FF9EFA #FFD39E #9EFFA2

split-complementary

#9ECAFF #FFA29E #FAFF9E

monochromatic

#2487FF #61A9FF #9ECAFF #DBEBFF #E0EEFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#9ECAFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.35

#9ECAFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9ECAFF

12.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9ECAFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9ECAFF	1.00	1.70	12.35	12.35
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6CCFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABC2FE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7DD6DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ecaff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 202, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.088 253.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bddaff',
    500: '#9ecaff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ecaff;
$custom-light: #bddaff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ecaff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.784,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82679,
    "c": 0.0884,
    "h": 253.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9ECAFF

secondary

#E3A75F

accent

#7D00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFF

border

#D2D4D7

text

#121418

muted

#828386

Preview Lab

Preview with #9ECAFF

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

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