#97A5BE#97A5BE

#97A5BE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.040 H 262.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#97A5BE
RGB	rgb(151, 165, 190)
HSL	hsl(218, 23%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(218, 21%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.5%, 13.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.43, 0.49, -14.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.43, 14.49, 271.95°)
OKLab	oklab(71.93% -0.0055 -0.0394)
OKLCH	oklch(71.93% 0.04 262.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.5095, 37.2065, 54.0159)
Luminance	0.3721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#97A5BE #BEB097

analogous

#97B9BE #97A5BE #9D97BE

triadic

#97A5BE #BE97A5 #A5BE97

tetradic

#97A5BE #BE97B9 #BEB097 #97BE9D

square

#97A5BE #BE97B9 #BEB097 #97BE9D

split-complementary

#97A5BE #BE9D97 #B9BE97

monochromatic

#546687 #7184A6 #97A5BE #BDC6D6 #E2E6ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#97A5BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#97A5BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #97A5BE

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##97A5BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##97A5BE	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)

#9DA6BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A3BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8DAAAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #97a5be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 165, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.040 262.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6bfd1',
    500: '#97a5be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #97a5be;
$custom-light: #b6bfd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#97a5be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.462,
    "s": 23.077,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71931,
    "c": 0.03976,
    "h": 262.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#97A5BE

secondary

#DFDAD2

accent

#8044A2

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111214

muted

#808182

Preview Lab

Preview with #97A5BE

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

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