#97afd9

Color #97afd9

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 11.73 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#97afd9

RGB

rgb(151, 175, 217)

HSL

hsl(218.2, 46.5%, 72.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(218.2, 30.4%, 85.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(30.4%, 19.4%, 0%, 14.9%)

LAB

lab(71.04, 1.42, -23.89)

LCH

lch(71.04, 23.93, 273.4)

OKLCH

oklch(75.1%, 0.0664, 261.52)

HWB

hwb(218.2, 59.2%, 14.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d9c197

Analogous

#97d0d9

#97afd9

#a097d9

Triadic

#97afd9

#d997af

#afd997

Split-complementary

#97afd9

#d9a097

#d0d997

Tetradic

#97afd9

#c197d9

#d9c197

#afd997

Square

#97afd9

#d997d0

#d9c197

#97d9a0

Shades

Color #97afd9 mixed toward black.

#6a8dc9

#426bb4

#315087

#21365a

#101b2d

Tints

Color #97afd9 mixed toward white.

#a8bcdf

#bacae6

#cbd7ec

#dce4f2

#eef2f9

Tones

Color #97afd9 mixed toward gray.

#9db1d4

#a2b2ce

#a8b4c9

#adb5c3

#b3b7be

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.22:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.45:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.45:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a2a2d0 · ΔE 8.1

Deuteranopia

#a19fce · ΔE 8.9

Tritanopia

#98c8c6 · ΔE 20

Achromatopsia

#aeaeae · ΔE 15.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #97afd9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#97afd9]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#97afd9 (#97afd9) is rgb(151, 175, 217) in RGB.

No, #97afd9 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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