#9EDDEE#9EDDEE

#9EDDEE is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.652; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.068 H 216.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EDDEE
RGB	rgb(158, 221, 238)
HSL	hsl(193, 70%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(193, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 7.1%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.56, -15.83, -14.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.56, 21.59, 222.84°)
OKLab	oklab(86.08% -0.0546 -0.0402)
OKLCH	oklch(86.08% 0.068 216.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.3845, 65.1519, 90.5296)
Luminance	0.6515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EDDEE #EEAF9E

analogous

#9EEED7 #9EDDEE #9EB5EE

triadic

#9EDDEE #EE9EDD #DDEE9E

tetradic

#9EDDEE #D79EEE #EEAF9E #B5EE9E

square

#9EDDEE #D79EEE #EEAF9E #B5EE9E

split-complementary

#9EDDEE #EE9EB5 #EED79E

monochromatic

#36B8DC #6ACBE5 #9EDDEE #D2EFF7 #E5F6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#9EDDEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.03

#9EDDEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EDDEE

14.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EDDEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EDDEE	1.00	1.50	14.03	14.03
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1D9EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4CFEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#81E4E2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eddee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 221, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.068 216.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bde7f3',
    500: '#9eddee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eddee;
$custom-light: #bde7f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eddee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.75,
    "s": 70.175,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86077,
    "c": 0.0678,
    "h": 216.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.65155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EDDEE

secondary

#CB7B66

accent

#3C13D2

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FCFE

border

#D2D5D6

text

#121617

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EDDEE

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

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