#97A5CE#97A5CE

#97A5CE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.062 H 270.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#97A5CE
RGB	rgb(151, 165, 206)
HSL	hsl(225, 36%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(225, 27%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 19.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.98, 4.27, -22.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.98, 22.91, 280.73°)
OKLab	oklab(72.54% 0.0001 -0.0618)
OKLCH	oklch(72.54% 0.062 270.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.3552, 37.9447, 63.7365)
Luminance	0.3795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#97A5CE #CEC097

analogous

#97C1CE #97A5CE #A497CE

triadic

#97A5CE #CE97A5 #A5CE97

tetradic

#97A5CE #CE97C1 #CEC097 #97CEA4

square

#97A5CE #CE97C1 #CEC097 #97CEA4

split-complementary

#97A5CE #CEA497 #C1CE97

monochromatic

#4B619F #6D81BA #97A5CE #C1C9E2 #EAEDF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#97A5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#97A5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #97A5CE

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##97A5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##97A5CE	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A8D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A4CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#89ADB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #97a5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 165, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.062 270.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6bfdd',
    500: '#97a5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #97a5ce;
$custom-light: #b6bfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#97a5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.727,
    "s": 35.948,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72542,
    "c": 0.06182,
    "h": 270.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#97A5CE

secondary

#E8E4D9

accent

#9037AF

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F7FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#111215

muted

#808183

Preview Lab

Preview with #97A5CE

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

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