#97AADD#97AADD

#97AADD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.077 H 268.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#97AADD
RGB	rgb(151, 170, 221)
HSL	hsl(224, 51%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(224, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.7%, 23.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.86, 5.19, -27.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.86, 28.37, 280.55°)
OKLab	oklab(74.19% -0.0018 -0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(74.19% 0.077 268.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.1846, 40.5477, 74.1018)
Luminance	0.4055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#97AADD #DDCA97

analogous

#97CDDD #97AADD #A797DD

triadic

#97AADD #DD97AA #AADD97

tetradic

#97AADD #DD97CD #DDCA97 #97DDA7

square

#97AADD #DD97CD #DDCA97 #97DDA7

split-complementary

#97AADD #DDA797 #CDDD97

monochromatic

#3D60BC #6984CE #97AADD #C5D0EC #E8ECF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#97AADD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#97AADD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #97AADD

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##97AADD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##97AADD	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AAEDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A8DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#83B4BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #97aadd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 170, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.077 268.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7c3e7',
    500: '#97aadd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #97aadd;
$custom-light: #b7c3e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#97aadd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.714,
    "s": 50.725,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7419,
    "c": 0.07708,
    "h": 268.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#97AADD

secondary

#EFEADC

accent

#9527BE

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #97AADD

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

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