#97A5BC#97A5BC

#97A5BC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.037 H 260.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#97A5BC
RGB	rgb(151, 165, 188)
HSL	hsl(217, 22%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(217, 20%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 12.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.37, 0.04, -13.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.37, 13.46, 270.16°)
OKLab	oklab(71.86% -0.0062 -0.0366)
OKLCH	oklch(71.86% 0.037 260.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.2924, 37.1196, 52.8726)
Luminance	0.3712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#97A5BC #BCAE97

analogous

#97B8BC #97A5BC #9C97BC

triadic

#97A5BC #BC97A5 #A5BC97

tetradic

#97A5BC #BC97B8 #BCAE97 #97BC9C

square

#97A5BC #BC97B8 #BCAE97 #97BC9C

split-complementary

#97A5BC #BC9C97 #B8BC97

monochromatic

#556784 #7285A4 #97A5BC #BCC5D4 #E1E5EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#97A5BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#97A5BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #97A5BC

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##97A5BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##97A5BC	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA6BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA2BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8EAAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #97a5bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 165, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.037 260.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6bfd0',
    500: '#97a5bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #97a5bc;
$custom-light: #b6bfd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#97a5bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.297,
    "s": 21.637,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71859,
    "c": 0.0371,
    "h": 260.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#97A5BC

secondary

#DDD9D1

accent

#7E45A0

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111214

muted

#808182

Preview Lab

Preview with #97A5BC

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

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