#9ECDEB#9ECDEB

#9ECDEB is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.065 H 236.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9ECDEB
RGB	rgb(158, 205, 235)
HSL	hsl(203, 66%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(203, 33%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.8%, 12.8%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.14, -8.30, -19.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.14, 21.42, 247.21°)
OKLab	oklab(82.54% -0.0357 -0.0542)
OKLCH	oklch(82.54% 0.065 236.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.9225, 56.9274, 86.8861)
Luminance	0.5693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9ECDEB #EBBC9E

analogous

#9EEBE3 #9ECDEB #9EA7EB

triadic

#9ECDEB #EB9ECD #CDEB9E

tetradic

#9ECDEB #E39EEB #EBBC9E #A7EB9E

square

#9ECDEB #E39EEB #EBBC9E #A7EB9E

split-complementary

#9ECDEB #EB9EA7 #EBE39E

monochromatic

#3999D6 #6BB3E1 #9ECDEB #D1E7F5 #E6F2FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#9ECDEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.39

#9ECDEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9ECDEB

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9ECDEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9ECDEB	1.00	1.70	12.39	12.39
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0CCED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5C3EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85D5D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ecdeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 205, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.065 236.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcdcf1',
    500: '#9ecdeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ecdeb;
$custom-light: #bcdcf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ecdeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.377,
    "s": 65.812,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8254,
    "c": 0.06491,
    "h": 236.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9ECDEB

secondary

#C78C67

accent

#5F18CE

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#121516

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #9ECDEB

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

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