#97AEE3#97AEE3

#97AEE3 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.081 H 266.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#97AEE3
RGB	rgb(151, 174, 227)
HSL	hsl(222, 58%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(222, 33%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.5%, 23.3%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.14, 4.49, -29.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.14, 29.54, 278.75°)
OKLab	oklab(75.27% -0.0052 -0.0808)
OKLCH	oklch(75.27% 0.081 266.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.7596, 42.3958, 78.6411)
Luminance	0.4240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#97AEE3 #E3CC97

analogous

#97D4E3 #97AEE3 #A697E3

triadic

#97AEE3 #E397AE #AEE397

tetradic

#97AEE3 #E397D4 #E3CC97 #97E3A6

square

#97AEE3 #E397D4 #E3CC97 #97E3A6

split-complementary

#97AEE3 #E3A697 #D4E397

monochromatic

#3763C9 #6788D6 #97AEE3 #C7D4F0 #E7ECF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#97AEE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#97AEE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #97AEE3

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##97AEE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##97AEE3	1.00	2.22	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB2E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96ABE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#81B9C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #97aee3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 174, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.081 266.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7c6ec',
    500: '#97aee3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #97aee3;
$custom-light: #b7c6ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#97aee3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.842,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75268,
    "c": 0.08096,
    "h": 266.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#97AEE3

secondary

#F0EADB

accent

#9320C5

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #97AEE3

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

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