#97CEE5#97CEE5

#97CEE5 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.065 H 225.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#97CEE5
RGB	rgb(151, 206, 229)
HSL	hsl(198, 60%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(198, 34%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 10%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.83, -12.21, -17.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.83, 20.97, 234.40°)
OKLab	oklab(82.13% -0.0456 -0.0467)
OKLCH	oklch(82.13% 0.065 225.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.9720, 56.3764, 82.4149)
Luminance	0.5638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#97CEE5 #E5AE97

analogous

#97E5D5 #97CEE5 #97A7E5

triadic

#97CEE5 #E597CE #CEE597

tetradic

#97CEE5 #D597E5 #E5AE97 #A7E597

square

#97CEE5 #D597E5 #E5AE97 #A7E597

split-complementary

#97CEE5 #E597A7 #E5D597

monochromatic

#35A0CD #66B7D9 #97CEE5 #C8E5F1 #E7F3F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#97CEE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.28

#97CEE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #97CEE5

12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##97CEE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##97CEE5	1.00	1.71	12.28	12.28
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1CBE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C2E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7CD5D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #97cee5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 206, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.065 225.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8dded',
    500: '#97cee5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #97cee5;
$custom-light: #b8dded;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#97cee5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.692,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82127,
    "c": 0.06529,
    "h": 225.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#97CEE5

secondary

#BF7D62

accent

#501EC8

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFD

border

#D1D5D5

text

#111516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #97CEE5

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

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