#97AED8#97AED8

#97AED8 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.066 H 262.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#97AED8
RGB	rgb(151, 174, 216)
HSL	hsl(219, 45%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(219, 30%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.1%, 19.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.74, 1.73, -23.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.74, 23.86, 274.15°)
OKLab	oklab(74.82% -0.0088 -0.0655)
OKLCH	oklch(74.82% 0.066 262.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.2897, 41.8078, 70.8993)
Luminance	0.4181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#97AED8 #D8C197

analogous

#97CFD8 #97AED8 #A197D8

triadic

#97AED8 #D897AE #AED897

tetradic

#97AED8 #D897CF #D8C197 #97D8A1

square

#97AED8 #D897CF #D8C197 #97D8A1

split-complementary

#97AED8 #D8A197 #CFD897

monochromatic

#436AB2 #6A8BC7 #97AED8 #C4D1E9 #E9EEF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#97AED8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#97AED8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #97AED8

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##97AED8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##97AED8	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B0DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AAAD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85B7BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #97aed8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 174, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.066 262.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7c6e4',
    500: '#97aed8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #97aed8;
$custom-light: #b7c6e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#97aed8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.769,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74818,
    "c": 0.06609,
    "h": 262.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#97AED8

secondary

#EEE8DD

accent

#872DB9

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F8FB

border

#D0D1D4

text

#111315

muted

#808283

Preview Lab

Preview with #97AED8

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

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