#97BDCD#97BDCD

#97BDCD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.047 H 225.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#97BDCD
RGB	rgb(151, 189, 205)
HSL	hsl(198, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(198, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 7.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.43, -9.03, -12.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.43, 15.18, 233.51°)
OKLab	oklab(77.61% -0.0327 -0.0333)
OKLCH	oklch(77.61% 0.047 225.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.9763, 47.3806, 64.6794)
Luminance	0.4738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#97BDCD #CDA797

analogous

#97CDC2 #97BDCD #97A2CD

triadic

#97BDCD #CD97BD #BDCD97

tetradic

#97BDCD #C297CD #CDA797 #A2CD97

square

#97BDCD #C297CD #CDA797 #A2CD97

split-complementary

#97BDCD #CD97A2 #CDC297

monochromatic

#4C859E #6EA3B9 #97BDCD #C0D7E1 #EAF1F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#97BDCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#97BDCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #97BDCD

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##97BDCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##97BDCD	1.00	2.00	10.48	10.48
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BBCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB4CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87C2C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #97bdcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 189, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.047 225.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6d0dc',
    500: '#97bdcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #97bdcd;
$custom-light: #b6d0dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#97bdcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.778,
    "s": 35.065,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77605,
    "c": 0.04667,
    "h": 225.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#97BDCD

secondary

#E8DDD8

accent

#5B38AE

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F9FB

border

#D0D2D4

text

#111415

muted

#808283

Preview Lab

Preview with #97BDCD

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

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