#97ADD4#97ADD4

#97ADD4 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.062 H 261.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#97ADD4
RGB	rgb(151, 173, 212)
HSL	hsl(218, 41%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(218, 29%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.8%, 18.4%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.33, 1.29, -22.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.33, 22.27, 273.33°)
OKLab	oklab(74.45% -0.0088 -0.0611)
OKLCH	oklch(74.45% 0.062 261.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.5864, 41.2185, 68.1448)
Luminance	0.4122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#97ADD4 #D4BE97

analogous

#97CBD4 #97ADD4 #9F97D4

triadic

#97ADD4 #D497AD #ADD497

tetradic

#97ADD4 #D497CB #D4BE97 #97D49F

square

#97ADD4 #D497CB #D4BE97 #97D49F

split-complementary

#97ADD4 #D49F97 #CBD497

monochromatic

#466AAA #6C8BC2 #97ADD4 #C2CFE6 #E9EEF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#97ADD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#97ADD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #97ADD4

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##97ADD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##97ADD4	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0AFD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA9D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86B5BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #97add4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 173, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.062 261.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7c5e1',
    500: '#97add4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #97add4;
$custom-light: #b7c5e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#97add4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.361,
    "s": 41.497,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7445,
    "c": 0.06171,
    "h": 261.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#97ADD4

secondary

#EBE6DB

accent

#8531B5

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F8FB

border

#D0D1D4

text

#111215

muted

#808183

Preview Lab

Preview with #97ADD4

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

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