#9ECDED#9ECDED

#9ECDED is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.067 H 238.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9ECDED
RGB	rgb(158, 205, 237)
HSL	hsl(204, 69%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(204, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 13.5%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.20, -7.81, -20.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.20, 22.14, 249.35°)
OKLab	oklab(82.61% -0.035 -0.0569)
OKLCH	oklch(82.61% 0.067 238.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.2131, 57.0436, 88.4164)
Luminance	0.5705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9ECDED #EDBE9E

analogous

#9EEDE6 #9ECDED #9EA5ED

triadic

#9ECDED #ED9ECD #CDED9E

tetradic

#9ECDED #E69EED #EDBE9E #A5ED9E

square

#9ECDED #E69EED #EDBE9E #A5ED9E

split-complementary

#9ECDED #ED9EA5 #EDE69E

monochromatic

#3798DA #6AB2E3 #9ECDED #D2E8F7 #E5F2FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#9ECDED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.41

#9ECDED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9ECDED

12.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9ECDED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9ECDED	1.00	1.69	12.41	12.41
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFCCEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4C3EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#84D5D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ecded;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 205, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.067 238.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bddcf2',
    500: '#9ecded',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ecded;
$custom-light: #bddcf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ecded",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.304,
    "s": 68.696,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82613,
    "c": 0.06682,
    "h": 238.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9ECDED

secondary

#C98E66

accent

#6115D1

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#121517

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #9ECDED

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

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