#97A3BC#97A3BC

#97A3BC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.039 H 265.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#97A3BC
RGB	rgb(151, 163, 188)
HSL	hsl(221, 22%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(221, 20%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 13.3%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.83, 1.14, -14.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.83, 14.32, 274.58°)
OKLab	oklab(71.44% -0.0034 -0.0388)
OKLCH	oklch(71.44% 0.039 265)
XYZ	xyz(34.9345, 36.4038, 52.7533)
Luminance	0.3640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#97A3BC #BCB097

analogous

#97B6BC #97A3BC #9E97BC

triadic

#97A3BC #BC97A3 #A3BC97

tetradic

#97A3BC #BC97B6 #BCB097 #97BC9E

square

#97A3BC #BC97B6 #BCB097 #97BC9E

split-complementary

#97A3BC #BC9E97 #B6BC97

monochromatic

#556484 #7282A4 #97A3BC #BCC4D4 #E1E5EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#97A3BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#97A3BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #97A3BC

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##97A3BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##97A3BC	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA4BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A1BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8EA8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #97a3bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 163, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.039 265.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6bed0',
    500: '#97a3bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #97a3bc;
$custom-light: #b6bed0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#97a3bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.541,
    "s": 21.637,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71436,
    "c": 0.03896,
    "h": 265
  },
  "luminance": 0.36405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#97A3BC

secondary

#DDDAD1

accent

#8345A0

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111214

muted

#808182

Preview Lab

Preview with #97A3BC

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

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