#9ECBDB#9ECBDB

#9ECBDB is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.052 H 221.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9ECBDB
RGB	rgb(158, 203, 219)
HSL	hsl(196, 46%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(196, 28%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.9%, 7.3%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.09, -11.06, -12.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.09, 16.88, 229.05°)
OKLab	oklab(81.55% -0.0391 -0.0348)
OKLCH	oklch(81.55% 0.052 221.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.2387, 55.0933, 75.0965)
Luminance	0.5510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9ECBDB #DBAE9E

analogous

#9EDBCD #9ECBDB #9EADDB

triadic

#9ECBDB #DB9ECB #CBDB9E

tetradic

#9ECBDB #CD9EDB #DBAE9E #ADDB9E

square

#9ECBDB #CD9EDB #DBAE9E #ADDB9E

split-complementary

#9ECBDB #DB9EAD #DBCD9E

monochromatic

#459BBA #71B3CA #9ECBDB #CBE3EC #E9F3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#9ECBDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.02

#9ECBDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9ECBDB

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9ECBDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9ECBDB	1.00	1.75	12.02	12.02
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C8DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C1DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8BD0D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ecbdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 203, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.052 221.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcdae6',
    500: '#9ecbdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ecbdb;
$custom-light: #bcdae6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ecbdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.738,
    "s": 45.865,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81547,
    "c": 0.05232,
    "h": 221.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9ECBDB

secondary

#B37D6B

accent

#512CB9

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFC

border

#D1D4D5

text

#121415

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #9ECBDB

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

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