#97AEDD#97AEDD

#97AEDD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.073 H 264.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#97AEDD
RGB	rgb(151, 174, 221)
HSL	hsl(220, 51%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(220, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.7%, 21.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.92, 2.97, -26.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.92, 26.43, 276.46°)
OKLab	oklab(75.02% -0.0071 -0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(75.02% 0.073 264.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.9459, 42.0703, 74.3556)
Luminance	0.4207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#97AEDD #DDC697

analogous

#97D1DD #97AEDD #A397DD

triadic

#97AEDD #DD97AE #AEDD97

tetradic

#97AEDD #DD97D1 #DDC697 #97DDA3

square

#97AEDD #DD97D1 #DDC697 #97DDA3

split-complementary

#97AEDD #DDA397 #D1DD97

monochromatic

#3D67BC #698ACE #97AEDD #C5D2EC #E8EDF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#97AEDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#97AEDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #97AEDD

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##97AEDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##97AEDD	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB1DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98ABDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#83B8BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #97aedd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 174, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.073 264.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7c6e7',
    500: '#97aedd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #97aedd;
$custom-light: #b7c6e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#97aedd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.286,
    "s": 50.725,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75019,
    "c": 0.0728,
    "h": 264.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#97AEDD

secondary

#EFE9DC

accent

#8D27BE

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FC

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #97AEDD

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

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