#97BCEE#97BCEE

#97BCEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.082 H 256.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#97BCEE
RGB	rgb(151, 188, 238)
HSL	hsl(214, 72%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(214, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.6%, 21%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.27, -0.37, -28.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.27, 28.82, 269.27°)
OKLab	oklab(78.64% -0.0198 -0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(78.64% 0.082 256.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.1735, 48.7165, 87.8426)
Luminance	0.4872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#97BCEE #EEC997

analogous

#97E8EE #97BCEE #9E97EE

triadic

#97BCEE #EE97BC #BCEE97

tetradic

#97BCEE #EE97E8 #EEC997 #97EE9E

square

#97BCEE #EE97E8 #EEC997 #97EE9E

split-complementary

#97BCEE #EE9E97 #E8EE97

monochromatic

#2E78DD #629AE5 #97BCEE #CCDEF7 #E5EEFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#97BCEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#97BCEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #97BCEE

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##97BCEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##97BCEE	1.00	1.95	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AABEF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B6ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7BC7CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #97bcee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 188, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.082 256.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8d0f3',
    500: '#97bcee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #97bcee;
$custom-light: #b8d0f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#97bcee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.483,
    "s": 71.901,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78637,
    "c": 0.08215,
    "h": 256.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#97BCEE

secondary

#F2E7D9

accent

#8112D4

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FD

border

#D0D2D5

text

#121317

muted

#818285

Preview Lab

Preview with #97BCEE

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

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