#9ECBDF#9ECBDF

#9ECBDF is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.055 H 226.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9ECBDF
RGB	rgb(158, 203, 223)
HSL	hsl(198, 50%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(198, 29%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.1%, 9%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.22, -10.13, -14.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.22, 17.86, 235.46°)
OKLab	oklab(81.69% -0.0376 -0.0402)
OKLCH	oklch(81.69% 0.055 226.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.7717, 55.3065, 77.9032)
Luminance	0.5531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9ECBDF #DFB29E

analogous

#9EDFD3 #9ECBDF #9EAADF

triadic

#9ECBDF #DF9ECB #CBDF9E

tetradic

#9ECBDF #D39EDF #DFB29E #AADF9E

square

#9ECBDF #D39EDF #DFB29E #AADF9E

split-complementary

#9ECBDF #DF9EAA #DFD39E

monochromatic

#429AC1 #70B2D0 #9ECBDF #CCE4EE #E8F3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#9ECBDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.06

#9ECBDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9ECBDF

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9ECBDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9ECBDF	1.00	1.74	12.06	12.06
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C9E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C1DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#89D1D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ecbdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 203, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.055 226.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcdae9',
    500: '#9ecbdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ecbdf;
$custom-light: #bcdae9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ecbdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.462,
    "s": 50.388,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81685,
    "c": 0.05502,
    "h": 226.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9ECBDF

secondary

#B8826A

accent

#5628BE

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFC

border

#D1D4D5

text

#121416

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #9ECBDF

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

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