#97A5CD#97A5CD

#97A5CD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.060 H 269.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#97A5CD
RGB	rgb(151, 165, 205)
HSL	hsl(224, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(224, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 19.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.94, 4.02, -22.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.94, 22.38, 280.36°)
OKLab	oklab(72.5% -0.0002 -0.0604)
OKLCH	oklch(72.5% 0.06 269.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.2341, 37.8963, 63.0987)
Luminance	0.3790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#97A5CD #CDBF97

analogous

#97C0CD #97A5CD #A497CD

triadic

#97A5CD #CD97A5 #A5CD97

tetradic

#97A5CD #CD97C0 #CDBF97 #97CDA4

square

#97A5CD #CD97C0 #CDBF97 #97CDA4

split-complementary

#97A5CD #CDA497 #C0CD97

monochromatic

#4C619E #6E81B9 #97A5CD #C0C9E1 #EAEDF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#97A5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#97A5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #97A5CD

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##97A5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##97A5CD	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A8CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A3CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#89ADB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #97a5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 165, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.060 269.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6bfdc',
    500: '#97a5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #97a5cd;
$custom-light: #b6bfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#97a5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.444,
    "s": 35.065,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72502,
    "c": 0.06042,
    "h": 269.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#97A5CD

secondary

#E8E4D8

accent

#8F38AE

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F7FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#111215

muted

#808183

Preview Lab

Preview with #97A5CD

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

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