#9ECDF2#9ECDF2

#9ECDF2 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.072 H 242.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9ECDF2
RGB	rgb(158, 205, 242)
HSL	hsl(206, 76%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(206, 35%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.7%, 15.3%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.37, -6.57, -23.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.37, 24.05, 254.14°)
OKLab	oklab(82.8% -0.0333 -0.0637)
OKLCH	oklch(82.8% 0.072 242.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.9538, 57.3399, 92.3174)
Luminance	0.5734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9ECDF2 #F2C39E

analogous

#9EF2ED #9ECDF2 #9EA3F2

triadic

#9ECDF2 #F29ECD #CDF29E

tetradic

#9ECDF2 #ED9EF2 #F2C39E #A3F29E

square

#9ECDF2 #ED9EF2 #F2C39E #A3F29E

split-complementary

#9ECDF2 #F29EA3 #F2ED9E

monochromatic

#3295E4 #68B1EB #9ECDF2 #D4E9F9 #E4F1FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#9ECDF2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.47

#9ECDF2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9ECDF2

12.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9ECDF2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9ECDF2	1.00	1.68	12.47	12.47
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BECDF4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3C3F1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#82D6D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ecdf2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 205, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.072 242.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bddcf6',
    500: '#9ecdf2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ecdf2;
$custom-light: #bddcf6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ecdf2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.429,
    "s": 76.364,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82799,
    "c": 0.07184,
    "h": 242.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9ECDF2

secondary

#D09464

accent

#670DD9

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FCFE

border

#D2D5D6

text

#121517

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #9ECDF2

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

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