#97CDEF#97CDEF

#97CDEF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.074 H 236.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#97CDEF
RGB	rgb(151, 205, 239)
HSL	hsl(203, 73%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(203, 37%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.8%, 14.2%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.88, -9.20, -22.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.88, 24.14, 247.60°)
OKLab	oklab(82.28% -0.0407 -0.0614)
OKLCH	oklch(82.28% 0.074 236.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.1687, 56.4711, 89.9011)
Luminance	0.5647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#97CDEF #EFB997

analogous

#97EFE5 #97CDEF #97A1EF

triadic

#97CDEF #EF97CD #CDEF97

tetradic

#97CDEF #E597EF #EFB997 #A1EF97

square

#97CDEF #E597EF #EFB997 #A1EF97

split-complementary

#97CDEF #EF97A1 #EFE597

monochromatic

#2D9ADF #62B4E7 #97CDEF #CCE7F7 #E4F2FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#97CDEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.29

#97CDEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #97CDEF

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##97CDEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##97CDEF	1.00	1.71	12.29	12.29
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BECCF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1C2EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78D6D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #97cdef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 205, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.074 236.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8dcf4',
    500: '#97cdef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #97cdef;
$custom-light: #b8dcf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#97cdef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.182,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82277,
    "c": 0.0737,
    "h": 236.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#97CDEF

secondary

#CB895F

accent

#5C10D5

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#121517

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #97CDEF

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

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