#9EDEF3#9EDEF3

#9EDEF3 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.660; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.071 H 220.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EDEF3
RGB	rgb(158, 222, 243)
HSL	hsl(195, 78%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(195, 35%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(35%, 8.6%, 0%, 4.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.99, -15.14, -16.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.99, 22.53, 227.79°)
OKLab	oklab(86.46% -0.0539 -0.0457)
OKLCH	oklch(86.46% 0.071 220.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.3941, 65.9795, 94.5404)
Luminance	0.6598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EDEF3 #F3B39E

analogous

#9EF3DE #9EDEF3 #9EB3F3

triadic

#9EDEF3 #F39EDE #DEF39E

tetradic

#9EDEF3 #DE9EF3 #F3B39E #B3F39E

square

#9EDEF3 #DE9EF3 #F3B39E #B3F39E

split-complementary

#9EDEF3 #F39EB3 #F3DE9E

monochromatic

#31B9E6 #68CBEC #9EDEF3 #D4F1FA #E4F6FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#9EDEF3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.20

#9EDEF3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EDEF3

14.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EDEF3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EDEF3	1.00	1.48	14.20	14.20
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1DAF4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4D0F3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7FE5E4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9edef3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 222, 243);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.071 220.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bde8f7',
    500: '#9edef3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9edef3;
$custom-light: #bde8f7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9edef3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 243
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.824,
    "s": 77.982,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86464,
    "c": 0.07074,
    "h": 220.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.65983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EDEF3

secondary

#D17F64

accent

#3E0BDA

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FCFE

border

#D2D5D6

text

#121617

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EDEF3

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

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