#97CDEC#97CDEC

#97CDEC is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.071 H 233.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#97CDEC
RGB	rgb(151, 205, 236)
HSL	hsl(202, 69%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(202, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 13.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.78, -9.95, -20.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.78, 23.12, 244.49°)
OKLab	oklab(82.17% -0.0418 -0.0574)
OKLCH	oklch(82.17% 0.071 233.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.7292, 56.2953, 87.5864)
Luminance	0.5630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#97CDEC #ECB697

analogous

#97ECE0 #97CDEC #97A2EC

triadic

#97CDEC #EC97CD #CDEC97

tetradic

#97CDEC #E097EC #ECB697 #A2EC97

square

#97CDEC #E097EC #ECB697 #A2EC97

split-complementary

#97CDEC #EC97A2 #ECE097

monochromatic

#309BD9 #63B4E3 #97CDEC #CBE6F5 #E5F3FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#97CDEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.26

#97CDEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #97CDEC

12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##97CDEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##97CDEC	1.00	1.71	12.26	12.26
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BECBEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2C2EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79D5D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #97cdec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 205, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.071 233.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8dcf2',
    500: '#97cdec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #97cdec;
$custom-light: #b8dcf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#97cdec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.882,
    "s": 69.106,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82166,
    "c": 0.07097,
    "h": 233.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#97CDEC

secondary

#C88660

accent

#5914D1

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#121516

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #97CDEC

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

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