#97A9E8#97A9E8

#97A9E8 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.094 H 271.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#97A9E8
RGBrgb(151, 169, 232)
HSLhsl(227, 64%, 75%)
HSVhsv(227, 35%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(34.9%, 27.2%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LABlab(70.02, 8.57, -33.66)
CIE-LCHlch(70.02, 34.73, 284.29°)
OKLaboklab(74.46% 0.0028 -0.0935)
OKLCHoklch(74.46% 0.094 271.7)
XYZxyz(41.5117, 40.7798, 82.0123)
Luminance0.4078 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#97A9E8 #E8D697
analogous
#97D1E8 #97A9E8 #AE97E8
triadic
#97A9E8 #E897A9 #A9E897
tetradic
#97A9E8 #E897D1 #E8D697 #97E8AE
square
#97A9E8 #E897D1 #E8D697 #97E8AE
split-complementary
#97A9E8 #E8AE97 #D1E897
monochromatic
#3356D2 #6580DD #97A9E8 #C9D2F3 #E6EAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29
#97A9E8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16
#97A9E8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #97A9E8
9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##97A9E8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##97A9E81.002.299.169.16
#FFFFFF2.291.0021.0021.00
#0000009.1621.001.001.00
##0000009.1621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#95AFEB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8EA8E7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#7FB5BF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #97a9e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 169, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.094 271.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8c2ef',
    500: '#97a9e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #97a9e8;
$custom-light: #b8c2ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#97a9e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.667,
    "s": 63.78,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74458,
    "c": 0.09356,
    "h": 271.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#97A9E8
secondary
#F1ECDA
accent
#A41ACC
background
#FBFBFE
surface
#F6F7FD
border
#D0D0D5
text
#111216
muted
#808184

Preview Lab

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#97A9E8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva