#9EDAEF#9EDAEF

#9EDAEF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.636; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.068 H 221.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EDAEF
RGB	rgb(158, 218, 239)
HSL	hsl(196, 72%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(196, 34%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.9%, 8.8%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.78, -14.06, -16.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.78, 21.60, 229.37°)
OKLab	oklab(85.47% -0.0505 -0.0449)
OKLCH	oklch(85.47% 0.068 221.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.7468, 63.6409, 91.0438)
Luminance	0.6364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EDAEF #EFB39E

analogous

#9EEFDC #9EDAEF #9EB1EF

triadic

#9EDAEF #EF9EDA #DAEF9E

tetradic

#9EDAEF #DC9EEF #EFB39E #B1EF9E

square

#9EDAEF #DC9EEF #EFB39E #B1EF9E

split-complementary

#9EDAEF #EF9EB1 #EFDC9E

monochromatic

#35B2DE #69C6E6 #9EDAEF #D3EEF8 #E5F5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#9EDAEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.73

#9EDAEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EDAEF

13.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EDAEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EDAEF	1.00	1.53	13.73	13.73
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDD7F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1CDEF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#81E1E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9edaef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 218, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.068 221.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bde5f4',
    500: '#9edaef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9edaef;
$custom-light: #bde5f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9edaef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.556,
    "s": 71.681,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85465,
    "c": 0.0676,
    "h": 221.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.63644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EDAEF

secondary

#CC8065

accent

#4412D4

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FCFE

border

#D2D5D6

text

#121517

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EDAEF

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

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