#9ecac4

Color #9ecac4

A muted light cyan.

Closest named color Powder Blue #b0e0e6 · ΔE 10.24 Nearest Tailwind class teal-100 #cbfbf1 · ΔE 11.1

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Conversions

HEX

#9ecac4

RGB

rgb(158, 202, 196)

HSL

hsl(171.8, 29.3%, 70.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(171.8, 21.8%, 79.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(21.8%, 0%, 3%, 20.8%)

LAB

lab(78.17, -15.66, -1.76)

LCH

lch(78.17, 15.76, 186.41)

OKLCH

oklch(80.6%, 0.0472, 185.96)

HWB

hwb(171.8, 62%, 20.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ca9ea4

Analogous

#9ecaae

#9ecac4

#9ebaca

Triadic

#9ecac4

#c49eca

#cac49e

Split-complementary

#9ecac4

#ca9eba

#caae9e

Tetradic

#9ecac4

#9ea4ca

#ca9ea4

#cac49e

Square

#9ecac4

#ae9eca

#ca9ea4

#baca9e

Shades

Color #9ecac4 mixed toward black.

#77b5ac

#559b92

#40746d

#2a4e49

#152724

Tints

Color #9ecac4 mixed toward white.

#aed3ce

#bedcd8

#cfe4e1

#dfedeb

#eff6f5

Tones

Color #9ecac4 mixed toward gray.

#a2c6c1

#a5c3bf

#a9bfbc

#adbbb9

#b0b8b7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.8:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.7:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.7:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b3b3c5 · ΔE 20.7

Deuteranopia

#b0adc6 · ΔE 23.6

Tritanopia

#a1c7c7 · ΔE 3.2

Achromatopsia

#c1c1c1 · ΔE 15.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9ecac4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9ecac4]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#9ecac4 (#9ecac4) is rgb(158, 202, 196) in RGB.

No, #9ecac4 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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