#97CDE2#97CDE2

#97CDE2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.063 H 224.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#97CDE2
RGB	rgb(151, 205, 226)
HSL	hsl(197, 56%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(197, 33%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.2%, 9.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.46, -12.42, -16.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.46, 20.25, 232.17°)
OKLab	oklab(81.8% -0.0454 -0.0438)
OKLCH	oklch(81.8% 0.063 224)
XYZ	xyz(48.3168, 55.7304, 80.1479)
Luminance	0.5573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#97CDE2 #E2AC97

analogous

#97E2D2 #97CDE2 #97A8E2

triadic

#97CDE2 #E297CD #CDE297

tetradic

#97CDE2 #D297E2 #E2AC97 #A8E297

square

#97CDE2 #D297E2 #E2AC97 #A8E297

split-complementary

#97CDE2 #E297A8 #E2D297

monochromatic

#389FC7 #67B6D5 #97CDE2 #C7E4EF #E7F3F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#97CDE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.15

#97CDE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #97CDE2

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##97CDE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##97CDE2	1.00	1.73	12.15	12.15
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1CAE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C1E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7DD4D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #97cde2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 205, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.063 224.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8dceb',
    500: '#97cde2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #97cde2;
$custom-light: #b8dceb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#97cde2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.8,
    "s": 56.391,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81804,
    "c": 0.06312,
    "h": 224
  },
  "luminance": 0.55733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#97CDE2

secondary

#BB7B62

accent

#4F22C4

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFD

border

#D1D5D5

text

#111516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #97CDE2

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

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