#9ECDEE#9ECDEE

#9ECDEE is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.068 H 239.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9ECDEE
RGB	rgb(158, 205, 238)
HSL	hsl(205, 70%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(205, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 13.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.24, -7.56, -21.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.24, 22.51, 250.37°)
OKLab	oklab(82.65% -0.0347 -0.0582)
OKLCH	oklch(82.65% 0.068 239.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.3596, 57.1022, 89.1880)
Luminance	0.5710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9ECDEE #EEBF9E

analogous

#9EEEE7 #9ECDEE #9EA5EE

triadic

#9ECDEE #EE9ECD #CDEE9E

tetradic

#9ECDEE #E79EEE #EEBF9E #A5EE9E

square

#9ECDEE #E79EEE #EEBF9E #A5EE9E

split-complementary

#9ECDEE #EE9EA5 #EEE79E

monochromatic

#3697DC #6AB2E5 #9ECDEE #D2E8F7 #E5F2FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#9ECDEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.42

#9ECDEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9ECDEE

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9ECDEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9ECDEE	1.00	1.69	12.42	12.42
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFCCF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4C3ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#84D5D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ecdee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 205, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.068 239.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bddcf3',
    500: '#9ecdee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ecdee;
$custom-light: #bddcf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ecdee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.75,
    "s": 70.175,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8265,
    "c": 0.06779,
    "h": 239.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9ECDEE

secondary

#CB8F66

accent

#6213D2

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#121517

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #9ECDEE

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

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