#97BCDE#97BCDE

#97BCDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.063 H 246.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#97BCDE
RGB	rgb(151, 188, 222)
HSL	hsl(209, 52%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(209, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(32%, 15.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.71, -4.42, -21.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.71, 21.48, 258.14°)
OKLab	oklab(78.01% -0.0252 -0.0577)
OKLCH	oklch(78.01% 0.063 246.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.9265, 47.8177, 76.0083)
Luminance	0.4782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#97BCDE #DEB997

analogous

#97DEDC #97BCDE #9798DE

triadic

#97BCDE #DE97BC #BCDE97

tetradic

#97BCDE #DC97DE #DEB997 #98DE97

square

#97BCDE #DC97DE #DEB997 #98DE97

split-complementary

#97BCDE #DE9798 #DEDC97

monochromatic

#3C80BE #699ECF #97BCDE #C5DAED #E8F0F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#97BCDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#97BCDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #97BCDE

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##97BCDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##97BCDE	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFBCE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B5DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#81C4C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #97bcde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 188, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.063 246.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7d0e8',
    500: '#97bcde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #97bcde;
$custom-light: #b7d0e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#97bcde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.732,
    "s": 51.825,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78006,
    "c": 0.06299,
    "h": 246.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#97BCDE

secondary

#EFE5DC

accent

#7026BF

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FC

border

#D0D2D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #97BCDE

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

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