#9ECFEF#9ECFEF

#9ECFEF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.068 H 237.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9ECFEF
RGB	rgb(158, 207, 239)
HSL	hsl(204, 72%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(204, 34%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.9%, 13.4%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.81, -8.37, -20.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.81, 22.49, 248.16°)
OKLab	oklab(83.11% -0.0368 -0.0573)
OKLCH	oklch(83.11% 0.068 237.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.9884, 58.1241, 90.1243)
Luminance	0.5813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9ECFEF #EFBE9E

analogous

#9EEFE7 #9ECFEF #9EA6EF

triadic

#9ECFEF #EF9ECF #CFEF9E

tetradic

#9ECFEF #E79EEF #EFBE9E #A6EF9E

square

#9ECFEF #E79EEF #EFBE9E #A6EF9E

split-complementary

#9ECFEF #EF9EA6 #EFE79E

monochromatic

#359BDE #69B5E6 #9ECFEF #D3E9F8 #E5F2FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#9ECFEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.63

#9ECFEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9ECFEF

12.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9ECFEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9ECFEF	1.00	1.66	12.63	12.63
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1CEF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C5EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#83D7D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ecfef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 207, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.068 237.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdddf4',
    500: '#9ecfef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ecfef;
$custom-light: #bdddf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ecfef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.704,
    "s": 71.681,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83112,
    "c": 0.06814,
    "h": 237.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9ECFEF

secondary

#CC8E65

accent

#5E12D4

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#121517

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #9ECFEF

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

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