#97AFDE#97AFDE

#97AFDE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.073 H 263.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#97AFDE
RGB	rgb(151, 175, 222)
HSL	hsl(220, 52%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(220, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(32%, 21.2%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.22, 2.67, -26.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.22, 26.48, 275.79°)
OKLab	oklab(75.27% -0.0081 -0.0727)
OKLCH	oklch(75.27% 0.073 263.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.2734, 42.5116, 75.1240)
Luminance	0.4251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#97AFDE #DEC697

analogous

#97D3DE #97AFDE #A297DE

triadic

#97AFDE #DE97AF #AFDE97

tetradic

#97AFDE #DE97D3 #DEC697 #97DEA2

square

#97AFDE #DE97D3 #DEC697 #97DEA2

split-complementary

#97AFDE #DEA297 #D3DE97

monochromatic

#3C68BE #698BCF #97AFDE #C5D3ED #E8EDF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#97AFDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#97AFDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #97AFDE

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##97AFDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##97AFDE	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB2E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98ABDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#82B9BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #97afde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 175, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.073 263.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7c6e8',
    500: '#97afde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #97afde;
$custom-light: #b7c6e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#97afde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.718,
    "s": 51.825,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75268,
    "c": 0.07315,
    "h": 263.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#97AFDE

secondary

#EFE8DC

accent

#8C26BF

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FC

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #97AFDE

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

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