#97CBDE#97CBDE

#97CBDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.060 H 222.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#97CBDE
RGB	rgb(151, 203, 222)
HSL	hsl(196, 52%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(196, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(32%, 8.6%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.79, -12.35, -14.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.79, 19.32, 230.27°)
OKLab	oklab(81.23% -0.0444 -0.0406)
OKLCH	oklch(81.23% 0.06 222.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.2990, 54.5627, 77.1325)
Luminance	0.5456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#97CBDE #DEAA97

analogous

#97DECD #97CBDE #97A7DE

triadic

#97CBDE #DE97CB #CBDE97

tetradic

#97CBDE #CD97DE #DEAA97 #A7DE97

square

#97CBDE #CD97DE #DEAA97 #A7DE97

split-complementary

#97CBDE #DE97A7 #DECD97

monochromatic

#3C9BBE #69B4CF #97CBDE #C5E2ED #E8F3F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#97CBDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.91

#97CBDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #97CBDE

11.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##97CBDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##97CBDE	1.00	1.76	11.91	11.91
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C8DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BFDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7FD1D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #97cbde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 203, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.060 222.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7dae8',
    500: '#97cbde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #97cbde;
$custom-light: #b7dae8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#97cbde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.056,
    "s": 51.825,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8123,
    "c": 0.06021,
    "h": 222.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#97CBDE

secondary

#B67963

accent

#4F26BF

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFC

border

#D1D4D5

text

#111516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #97CBDE

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

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