#97AAEE#97AAEE

#97AAEE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.101 H 271.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#97AAEE
RGB	rgb(151, 170, 238)
HSL	hsl(227, 72%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(227, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.6%, 28.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.52, 9.59, -36.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.52, 37.40, 284.85°)
OKLab	oklab(74.93% 0.0032 -0.1007)
OKLCH	oklch(74.93% 0.101 271.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.5653, 41.5000, 86.6399)
Luminance	0.4150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#97AAEE #EEDB97

analogous

#97D6EE #97AAEE #B097EE

triadic

#97AAEE #EE97AA #AAEE97

tetradic

#97AAEE #EE97D6 #EEDB97 #97EEB0

square

#97AAEE #EE97D6 #EEDB97 #97EEB0

split-complementary

#97AAEE #EEB097 #D6EE97

monochromatic

#2E54DD #627FE5 #97AAEE #CCD5F7 #E5EAFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#97AAEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#97AAEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #97AAEE

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##97AAEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##97AAEE	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94B0F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA9EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7DB7C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #97aaee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 170, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.101 271.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8c3f3',
    500: '#97aaee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #97aaee;
$custom-light: #b8c3f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#97aaee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.897,
    "s": 71.901,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74929,
    "c": 0.10072,
    "h": 271.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#97AAEE

secondary

#F2EDD9

accent

#A912D4

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121217

muted

#818185

Preview Lab

Preview with #97AAEE

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

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