#9ECBEC#9ECBEC

#9ECBEC is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.066 H 240.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9ECBEC
RGB	rgb(158, 203, 236)
HSL	hsl(205, 67%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(205, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.1%, 14%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.63, -7.00, -21.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.63, 22.18, 251.61°)
OKLab	oklab(82.15% -0.0328 -0.0578)
OKLCH	oklch(82.15% 0.066 240.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.5921, 56.0346, 87.4906)
Luminance	0.5604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9ECBEC #ECBF9E

analogous

#9EECE6 #9ECBEC #9EA4EC

triadic

#9ECBEC #EC9ECB #CBEC9E

tetradic

#9ECBEC #E69EEC #ECBF9E #A4EC9E

square

#9ECBEC #E69EEC #ECBF9E #A4EC9E

split-complementary

#9ECBEC #EC9EA4 #ECE69E

monochromatic

#3894D8 #6BB0E2 #9ECBEC #D1E6F6 #E5F1FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#9ECBEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#9ECBEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9ECBEC

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9ECBEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9ECBEC	1.00	1.72	12.21	12.21
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDCAEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3C2EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85D3D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ecbec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 203, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.066 240.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcdaf2',
    500: '#9ecbec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ecbec;
$custom-light: #bcdaf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ecbec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.385,
    "s": 67.241,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82152,
    "c": 0.06649,
    "h": 240.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9ECBEC

secondary

#C89066

accent

#6516CF

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#121416

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9ECBEC

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

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