#9ECBEF#9ECBEF

#9ECBEF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.070 H 242.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9ECBEF
RGB	rgb(158, 203, 239)
HSL	hsl(207, 72%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(207, 34%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.9%, 15.1%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.73, -6.26, -22.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.73, 23.36, 254.46°)
OKLab	oklab(82.26% -0.0318 -0.0619)
OKLCH	oklch(82.26% 0.07 242.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.0316, 56.2104, 89.8054)
Luminance	0.5621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9ECBEF #EFC29E

analogous

#9EEFEB #9ECBEF #9EA2EF

triadic

#9ECBEF #EF9ECB #CBEF9E

tetradic

#9ECBEF #EB9EEF #EFC29E #A2EF9E

square

#9ECBEF #EB9EEF #EFC29E #A2EF9E

split-complementary

#9ECBEF #EF9EA2 #EFEB9E

monochromatic

#3593DE #69AFE6 #9ECBEF #D3E7F8 #E5F1FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#9ECBEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#9ECBEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9ECBEF

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9ECBEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9ECBEF	1.00	1.72	12.24	12.24
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCCBF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2C2EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#84D4D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ecbef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 203, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.070 242.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bddaf4',
    500: '#9ecbef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ecbef;
$custom-light: #bddaf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ecbef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.667,
    "s": 71.681,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82263,
    "c": 0.06957,
    "h": 242.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9ECBEF

secondary

#CC9365

accent

#6812D4

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#121417

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9ECBEF

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

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