#9ECDEC#9ECDEC

#9ECDEC is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.066 H 237.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9ECDEC
RGB	rgb(158, 205, 236)
HSL	hsl(204, 67%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(204, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.1%, 13.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.17, -8.05, -20.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.17, 21.78, 248.30°)
OKLab	oklab(82.58% -0.0354 -0.0555)
OKLCH	oklch(82.58% 0.066 237.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.0674, 56.9854, 87.6491)
Luminance	0.5699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9ECDEC #ECBD9E

analogous

#9EECE4 #9ECDEC #9EA6EC

triadic

#9ECDEC #EC9ECD #CDEC9E

tetradic

#9ECDEC #E49EEC #ECBD9E #A6EC9E

square

#9ECDEC #E49EEC #ECBD9E #A6EC9E

split-complementary

#9ECDEC #EC9EA6 #ECE49E

monochromatic

#3898D8 #6BB3E2 #9ECDEC #D1E7F6 #E5F2FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#9ECDEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.40

#9ECDEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9ECDEC

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9ECDEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9ECDEC	1.00	1.69	12.40	12.40
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFCCEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5C3EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#84D5D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ecdec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 205, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.066 237.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcdcf2',
    500: '#9ecdec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ecdec;
$custom-light: #bcdcf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ecdec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.846,
    "s": 67.241,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82576,
    "c": 0.06585,
    "h": 237.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9ECDEC

secondary

#C88D66

accent

#6016CF

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#121516

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #9ECDEC

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

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