#97AACE#97AACE

#97AACE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.057 H 263.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#97AACE
RGB	rgb(151, 170, 206)
HSL	hsl(219, 36%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(219, 27%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 17.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.32, 1.49, -20.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.32, 20.53, 274.16°)
OKLab	oklab(73.59% -0.0068 -0.0561)
OKLCH	oklch(73.59% 0.057 263.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.2747, 39.7838, 64.0430)
Luminance	0.3978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#97AACE #CEBB97

analogous

#97C5CE #97AACE #A097CE

triadic

#97AACE #CE97AA #AACE97

tetradic

#97AACE #CE97C5 #CEBB97 #97CEA0

square

#97AACE #CE97C5 #CEBB97 #97CEA0

split-complementary

#97AACE #CEA097 #C5CE97

monochromatic

#4B689F #6D88BA #97AACE #C1CCE2 #EAEEF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#97AACE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#97AACE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #97AACE

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##97AACE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##97AACE	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EACD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A7CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88B1B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #97aace;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 170, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.057 263.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6c3dd',
    500: '#97aace',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #97aace;
$custom-light: #b6c3dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#97aace",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.273,
    "s": 35.948,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73586,
    "c": 0.05654,
    "h": 263.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#97AACE

secondary

#E8E3D9

accent

#8537AF

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F7FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#111215

muted

#808183

Preview Lab

Preview with #97AACE

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

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