#97CDEB#97CDEB

#97CDEB is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.070 H 233.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#97CDEB
RGB	rgb(151, 205, 235)
HSL	hsl(201, 68%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(201, 36%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 12.8%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.75, -10.20, -20.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.75, 22.79, 243.40°)
OKLab	oklab(82.13% -0.0421 -0.056)
OKLCH	oklch(82.13% 0.07 233)
XYZ	xyz(49.5843, 56.2374, 86.8233)
Luminance	0.5624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#97CDEB #EBB597

analogous

#97EBDF #97CDEB #97A3EB

triadic

#97CDEB #EB97CD #CDEB97

tetradic

#97CDEB #DF97EB #EBB597 #A3EB97

square

#97CDEB #DF97EB #EBB597 #A3EB97

split-complementary

#97CDEB #EB97A3 #EBDF97

monochromatic

#309CD7 #64B4E1 #97CDEB #CAE6F5 #E5F3FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#97CDEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.25

#97CDEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #97CDEB

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##97CDEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##97CDEB	1.00	1.71	12.25	12.25
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFCBED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3C2EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7AD5D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #97cdeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 205, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.070 233.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8dcf1',
    500: '#97cdeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #97cdeb;
$custom-light: #b8dcf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#97cdeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.429,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82129,
    "c": 0.07009,
    "h": 233
  },
  "luminance": 0.5624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#97CDEB

secondary

#C68460

accent

#5816D0

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#121516

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #97CDEB

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

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