#9ECBDD#9ECBDD

#9ECBDD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.054 H 224.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9ECBDD
RGB	rgb(158, 203, 221)
HSL	hsl(197, 48%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(197, 29%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.5%, 8.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.16, -10.60, -13.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.16, 17.34, 232.35°)
OKLab	oklab(81.62% -0.0383 -0.0375)
OKLCH	oklch(81.62% 0.054 224.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.5036, 55.1993, 76.4914)
Luminance	0.5520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9ECBDD #DDB09E

analogous

#9EDDD0 #9ECBDD #9EACDD

triadic

#9ECBDD #DD9ECB #CBDD9E

tetradic

#9ECBDD #D09EDD #DDB09E #ACDD9E

square

#9ECBDD #D09EDD #DDB09E #ACDD9E

split-complementary

#9ECBDD #DD9EAC #DDD09E

monochromatic

#439ABD #71B3CD #9ECBDD #CBE3ED #E8F3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#9ECBDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.04

#9ECBDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9ECBDD

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9ECBDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9ECBDD	1.00	1.74	12.04	12.04
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C8DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C1DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8AD1D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ecbdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 203, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.054 224.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcdae7',
    500: '#9ecbdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ecbdd;
$custom-light: #bcdae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ecbdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 48.092,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81616,
    "c": 0.05362,
    "h": 224.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9ECBDD

secondary

#B5806A

accent

#542ABB

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFC

border

#D1D4D5

text

#121416

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #9ECBDD

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

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