#97B3DC#97B3DC

#97B3DC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.067 H 257.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#97B3DC
RGB	rgb(151, 179, 220)
HSL	hsl(216, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(216, 31%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.4%, 18.6%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.22, -0.03, -23.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.22, 23.73, 269.93°)
OKLab	oklab(76.02% -0.0141 -0.0653)
OKLCH	oklch(76.02% 0.067 257.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.7971, 43.9851, 73.9840)
Luminance	0.4399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#97B3DC #DCC097

analogous

#97D5DC #97B3DC #9D97DC

triadic

#97B3DC #DC97B3 #B3DC97

tetradic

#97B3DC #DC97D5 #DCC097 #97DC9D

square

#97B3DC #DC97D5 #DCC097 #97DC9D

split-complementary

#97B3DC #DC9D97 #D5DC97

monochromatic

#3F71BA #6992CD #97B3DC #C5D4EB #E8EEF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#97B3DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#97B3DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #97B3DC

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##97B3DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##97B3DC	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B5DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DAEDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#83BCC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #97b3dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 179, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.067 257.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7c9e7',
    500: '#97b3dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #97b3dc;
$custom-light: #b7c9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#97b3dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.652,
    "s": 49.64,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76025,
    "c": 0.06681,
    "h": 257.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#97B3DC

secondary

#EEE7DD

accent

#8129BD

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FC

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #97B3DC

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

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