#97AECE#97AECE

#97AECE is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.053 H 256.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#97AECE
RGB	rgb(151, 174, 206)
HSL	hsl(215, 36%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(215, 27%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 15.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.39, -0.71, -18.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.39, 18.86, 267.84°)
OKLab	oklab(74.43% -0.0122 -0.0516)
OKLCH	oklch(74.43% 0.053 256.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.0360, 41.3063, 64.2967)
Luminance	0.4131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#97AECE #CEB797

analogous

#97CACE #97AECE #9B97CE

triadic

#97AECE #CE97AE #AECE97

tetradic

#97AECE #CE97CA #CEB797 #97CE9B

square

#97AECE #CE97CA #CEB797 #97CE9B

split-complementary

#97AECE #CE9B97 #CACE97

monochromatic

#4B6E9F #6D8EBA #97AECE #C1CEE2 #EAEFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#97AECE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#97AECE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #97AECE

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##97AECE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##97AECE	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AFD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DAACD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88B5B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #97aece;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 174, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.053 256.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6c6dd',
    500: '#97aece',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #97aece;
$custom-light: #b6c6dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#97aece",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.909,
    "s": 35.948,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74429,
    "c": 0.05301,
    "h": 256.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#97AECE

secondary

#E8E2D9

accent

#7D37AF

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F8FB

border

#D0D1D4

text

#111315

muted

#808283

Preview Lab

Preview with #97AECE

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

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