#97A9CD#97A9CD

#97A9CD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.056 H 264.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#97A9CD
RGB	rgb(151, 169, 205)
HSL	hsl(220, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(220, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 17.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.01, 1.80, -20.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.01, 20.46, 275.05°)
OKLab	oklab(73.34% -0.0057 -0.0559)
OKLCH	oklch(73.34% 0.056 264.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.9669, 39.3619, 63.3430)
Luminance	0.3936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#97A9CD #CDBB97

analogous

#97C4CD #97A9CD #A097CD

triadic

#97A9CD #CD97A9 #A9CD97

tetradic

#97A9CD #CD97C4 #CDBB97 #97CDA0

square

#97A9CD #CD97C4 #CDBB97 #97CDA0

split-complementary

#97A9CD #CDA097 #C4CD97

monochromatic

#4C679E #6E87B9 #97A9CD #C0CBE1 #EAEDF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#97A9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#97A9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #97A9CD

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##97A9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##97A9CD	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EABCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A6CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#89B0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #97a9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 169, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.056 264.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6c2dc',
    500: '#97a9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #97a9cd;
$custom-light: #b6c2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#97a9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 35.065,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73338,
    "c": 0.05616,
    "h": 264.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#97A9CD

secondary

#E8E2D8

accent

#8638AE

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F7FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#111215

muted

#808183

Preview Lab

Preview with #97A9CD

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

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