#97A3CD#97A3CD

#97A3CD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.063 H 272.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#97A3CD
RGB	rgb(151, 163, 205)
HSL	hsl(227, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(227, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 20.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.41, 5.14, -22.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.41, 23.40, 282.69°)
OKLab	oklab(72.09% 0.0025 -0.0627)
OKLCH	oklch(72.09% 0.063 272.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.8762, 37.1805, 62.9794)
Luminance	0.3718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#97A3CD #CDC197

analogous

#97BECD #97A3CD #A697CD

triadic

#97A3CD #CD97A3 #A3CD97

tetradic

#97A3CD #CD97BE #CDC197 #97CDA6

square

#97A3CD #CD97BE #CDC197 #97CDA6

split-complementary

#97A3CD #CDA697 #BECD97

monochromatic

#4C5E9E #6E7EB9 #97A3CD #C0C8E1 #EAECF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#97A3CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#97A3CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #97A3CD

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##97A3CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##97A3CD	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A7CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A2CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#89ABB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #97a3cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 163, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.063 272.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6bedc',
    500: '#97a3cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #97a3cd;
$custom-light: #b6bedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#97a3cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.667,
    "s": 35.065,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72087,
    "c": 0.06275,
    "h": 272.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#97A3CD

secondary

#E8E4D8

accent

#9438AE

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#111215

muted

#808183

Preview Lab

Preview with #97A3CD

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

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