#97C4E5#97C4E5

#97C4E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.067 H 240.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#97C4E5
RGB	rgb(151, 196, 229)
HSL	hsl(205, 60%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(205, 34%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 14.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.11, -6.96, -21.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.11, 22.27, 251.80°)
OKLab	oklab(79.98% -0.033 -0.0582)
OKLCH	oklch(79.98% 0.067 240.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.6408, 51.7140, 81.6378)
Luminance	0.5172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#97C4E5 #E5B897

analogous

#97E5DF #97C4E5 #979DE5

triadic

#97C4E5 #E597C4 #C4E597

tetradic

#97C4E5 #DF97E5 #E5B897 #9DE597

square

#97C4E5 #DF97E5 #E5B897 #9DE597

split-complementary

#97C4E5 #E5979D #E5DF97

monochromatic

#358CCD #66A8D9 #97C4E5 #C8E0F1 #E7F1F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#97C4E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.34

#97C4E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #97C4E5

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##97C4E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##97C4E5	1.00	1.85	11.34	11.34
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C3E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBBE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7DCCCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #97c4e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 196, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.067 240.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8d5ed',
    500: '#97c4e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #97c4e5;
$custom-light: #b8d5ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#97c4e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.385,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79977,
    "c": 0.06686,
    "h": 240.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#97C4E5

secondary

#BF8962

accent

#661EC8

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFD

border

#D1D4D5

text

#111416

muted

#818384

Preview Lab

Preview with #97C4E5

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

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