#97CEEB#97CEEB

#97CEEB is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.070 H 231.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#97CEEB
RGB	rgb(151, 206, 235)
HSL	hsl(201, 68%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(201, 36%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 12.3%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.02, -10.73, -19.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.02, 22.67, 241.75°)
OKLab	oklab(82.34% -0.0434 -0.0549)
OKLCH	oklch(82.34% 0.07 231.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.8243, 56.7173, 86.9033)
Luminance	0.5672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#97CEEB #EBB497

analogous

#97EBDE #97CEEB #97A4EB

triadic

#97CEEB #EB97CE #CEEB97

tetradic

#97CEEB #DE97EB #EBB497 #A4EB97

square

#97CEEB #DE97EB #EBB497 #A4EB97

split-complementary

#97CEEB #EB97A4 #EBDE97

monochromatic

#309ED7 #64B6E1 #97CEEB #CAE6F5 #E5F3FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#97CEEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.34

#97CEEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #97CEEB

12.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##97CEEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##97CEEB	1.00	1.70	12.34	12.34
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0CCED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4C2EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79D6D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #97ceeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 206, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.070 231.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8ddf1',
    500: '#97ceeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #97ceeb;
$custom-light: #b8ddf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#97ceeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.714,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82344,
    "c": 0.06993,
    "h": 231.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#97CEEB

secondary

#C68360

accent

#5616D0

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#121516

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #97CEEB

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

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