#97AEC9#97AEC9

#97AEC9 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.047 H 252.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#97AEC9
RGB	rgb(151, 174, 201)
HSL	hsl(212, 32%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(212, 25%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.9%, 13.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.22, -1.90, -16.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.22, 16.46, 263.38°)
OKLab	oklab(74.24% -0.014 -0.0446)
OKLCH	oklch(74.24% 0.047 252.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.4382, 41.0672, 61.1485)
Luminance	0.4107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#97AEC9 #C9B297

analogous

#97C7C9 #97AEC9 #9997C9

triadic

#97AEC9 #C997AE #AEC997

tetradic

#97AEC9 #C997C7 #C9B297 #97C999

square

#97AEC9 #C997C7 #C9B297 #97C999

split-complementary

#97AEC9 #C99997 #C7C997

monochromatic

#4E7097 #6F8FB4 #97AEC9 #BFCDDE #E8EDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#97AEC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#97AEC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #97AEC9

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##97AEC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##97AEC9	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4AFCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA9C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#89B4B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #97aec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 174, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.047 252.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6c6d9',
    500: '#97aec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #97aec9;
$custom-light: #b6c6d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#97aec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.4,
    "s": 31.646,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74243,
    "c": 0.04678,
    "h": 252.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#97AEC9

secondary

#E5DED7

accent

#773BAA

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F8FA

border

#D0D1D3

text

#111314

muted

#808283

Preview Lab

Preview with #97AEC9

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

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