Light blue
#9EC6FF
#9EC6FF is a light blue with medium intensity, at step 300 of its 50–950 scale. Dark text on it has a contrast of 10.7:1. On white it reaches only 1.8:1, so use a darker shade for text.
#9EC6FF shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #9EC6FF kept exactly at step 300. Lightness steps are even to the eye, and intensity tapers toward the lightest and darkest steps.
- 50 F2F7FF
- 100 DFECFF
- 200 C2DBFF
- 300 9EC6FF
- 400 7FA5DB
- 500 6489BF
- 600 4A6EA1
- 700 355685
- 800 22406A
- 900 122B4E
- 950 041834
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-blue-50: #f2f7ff; --color-blue-100: #dfecff; --color-blue-200: #c2dbff; --color-blue-300: #9ec6ff; --color-blue-400: #7fa5db; --color-blue-500: #6489bf; --color-blue-600: #4a6ea1; --color-blue-700: #355685; --color-blue-800: #22406a; --color-blue-900: #122b4e; --color-blue-950: #041834;}Is #9EC6FF readable?
Contrast for text on #9EC6FF and for #9EC6FF used as text. WCAG 2.2 asks for 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text; APCA Lc rates how comfortable the text is to read.
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
White text on it
Fail · 1.8APCA Lc 36 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
Dark text on it
AAA · 10.7APCA Lc 71 · Content text 16px and up
- AaThe quick brown foxClosest readable: #5378AD · 4.5:1 Check in contrast tool
As text on white
Fail · 1.8APCA Lc 32 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
As text on a dark background
AAA · 10.7APCA Lc 70 · Content text 16px and up
Color palettes with #9EC6FF
Six palettes built around #9EC6FF, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#9EC6FF · #858AD3 · #00B6E6 · #FEDCFF · #242E38
- Complementary#9EC6FF · #EA9F37 · #E7A229 · #DEE9FF · #1E2127
- Split complementary#9EC6FF · #D06D2C · #D0AF00 · #BFD7FF · #2A3038
- Triadic#9EC6FF · #C07474 · #81CD73 · #C9E2FF · #22262E
- Tetradic#9EC6FF · #BF6A8E · #DFA700 · #C6F7DB · #17202D
- Monochromatic#9EC6FF · #678FD4 · #8BB3FF · #BFDCFF · #1C2025
#9EC6FF as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #9EC6FF looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #F2F7FF
- Brand 100, #DFECFF
- Brand 200, #C2DBFF
- Brand 300, #9EC6FF
- Brand 400, #7FA5DB
- Brand 500, #6489BF
- Brand 600, #4A6EA1
- Brand 700, #355685
- Brand 800, #22406A
- Brand 900, #122B4E
- Brand 950, #041834
Neutral
- Neutral 50, #F9FAFB
- Neutral 100, #F3F4F6
- Neutral 200, #E3E5E8
- Neutral 300, #D1D4D9
- Neutral 400, #9CA1A8
- Neutral 500, #6E747B
- Neutral 600, #50555C
- Neutral 700, #3C4147
- Neutral 800, #24282E
- Neutral 900, #14181D
- Neutral 950, #070A0F
Success
- Success 50, #E3FFEE
- Success 100, #B4FFD6
- Success 200, #9AEFC1
- Success 300, #77D6A6
- Success 400, #51BB88
- Success 500, #38AA77
- Success 600, #008254
- Success 700, #006641
- Success 800, #004D30
- Success 900, #003520
- Success 950, #001F10
Warning
- Warning 50, #FFF5EB
- Warning 100, #FFE7CE
- Warning 200, #FFCF9D
- Warning 300, #EDA756
- Warning 400, #D69344
- Warning 500, #B9771D
- Warning 600, #995E00
- Warning 700, #784900
- Warning 800, #5B3600
- Warning 900, #402400
- Warning 950, #261300
Danger
- Danger 50, #FFF4F3
- Danger 100, #FFE4E2
- Danger 200, #FFCAC7
- Danger 300, #FFA29F
- Danger 400, #F77575
- Danger 500, #D45154
- Danger 600, #B93A40
- Danger 700, #991F2A
- Danger 800, #7B0419
- Danger 900, #58000E
- Danger 950, #360005
Info
- Info 50, #F1F8FF
- Info 100, #DDEDFF
- Info 200, #BEDDFF
- Info 300, #8EC4FF
- Info 400, #69A7E9
- Info 500, #4A8ACC
- Info 600, #3170AF
- Info 700, #195792
- Info 800, #024175
- Info 900, #002C53
- Info 950, #001933
- Primary buttons use Brand 300 with neutral 950 text, at 11.3:1.
- In dark mode primary stays Brand 300: it already reads on the dark background at 11.3:1.
- Neutrals carry a hint of its hue, so grays, borders and surfaces feel related to the brand.
- Success, warning, danger and info lean toward its hue and stay easy to tell apart.
Colors related to #9EC6FF
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