#97a9d7

Color #97a9d7

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 14.69 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 5.6

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Conversions

HEX

#97a9d7

RGB

rgb(151, 169, 215)

HSL

hsl(223.1, 44.4%, 71.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(223.1, 29.8%, 84.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(29.8%, 21.4%, 0%, 15.7%)

LAB

lab(69.37, 4.25, -25.35)

LCH

lch(69.37, 25.7, 279.52)

OKLCH

oklch(73.7%, 0.0698, 268.03)

HWB

hwb(223.1, 59.2%, 15.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d7c597

Analogous

#97c9d7

#97a9d7

#a597d7

Triadic

#97a9d7

#d797a9

#a9d797

Split-complementary

#97a9d7

#d7a597

#c9d797

Tetradic

#97a9d7

#c597d7

#d7c597

#a9d797

Square

#97a9d7

#d797c9

#d7c597

#97d7a5

Shades

Color #97a9d7 mixed toward black.

#6b85c6

#4462b0

#334a84

#223158

#11192c

Tints

Color #97a9d7 mixed toward white.

#a8b7de

#bac6e4

#cbd4eb

#dce2f2

#eef1f8

Tones

Color #97a9d7 mixed toward gray.

#9cabd2

#a2aecc

#a7b0c7

#acb2c2

#b2b5bc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.34:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.97:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.97:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9f9fcd · ΔE 6

Deuteranopia

#9e9dcb · ΔE 6.5

Tritanopia

#98c5c3 · ΔE 21.6

Achromatopsia

#a9a9a9 · ΔE 16.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #97a9d7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#97a9d7]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#97a9d7 (#97a9d7) is rgb(151, 169, 215) in RGB.

No, #97a9d7 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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