#97aac8

Color #97aac8

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 9.7 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 3.3

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Conversions

HEX

#97aac8

RGB

rgb(151, 170, 200)

HSL

hsl(216.7, 30.8%, 68.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.7, 24.5%, 78.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(24.5%, 15%, 0%, 21.6%)

LAB

lab(69.11, 0.06, -17.48)

LCH

lch(69.11, 17.48, 270.2)

OKLCH

oklch(73.4%, 0.0486, 259.45)

HWB

hwb(216.7, 59.2%, 21.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c8b597

Analogous

#97c2c8

#97aac8

#9c97c8

Triadic

#97aac8

#c897aa

#aac897

Split-complementary

#97aac8

#c89c97

#c2c897

Tetradic

#97aac8

#b597c8

#c8b597

#aac897

Square

#97aac8

#c897c2

#c8b597

#97c89c

Shades

Color #97aac8 mixed toward black.

#718bb4

#516d99

#3d5273

#28364c

#141b26

Tints

Color #97aac8 mixed toward white.

#a8b8d1

#bac6da

#cbd4e3

#dce3ed

#eef1f6

Tones

Color #97aac8 mixed toward gray.

#9babc4

#9facc0

#a3adbc

#a7aeb8

#abafb4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.36:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.9:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.9:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a0a0c1 · ΔE 8.1

Deuteranopia

#9e9dc0 · ΔE 8.8

Tritanopia

#98bcbb · ΔE 16.2

Achromatopsia

#a9a9a9 · ΔE 12.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #97aac8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#97aac8]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Royal Blue #4169e1

Frequently asked questions

#97aac8 (#97aac8) is rgb(151, 170, 200) in RGB.

No, #97aac8 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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