#97b3ed

Color #97b3ed

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 16.99 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 3.3

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Conversions

HEX

#97b3ed

RGB

rgb(151, 179, 237)

HSL

hsl(220.5, 70.5%, 76.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(220.5, 36.3%, 92.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(36.3%, 24.5%, 0%, 7.1%)

LAB

lab(72.85, 4.31, -32.01)

LCH

lch(72.85, 32.3, 277.67)

OKLCH

oklch(76.7%, 0.0892, 264.4)

HWB

hwb(220.5, 59.2%, 7.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#edd197

Analogous

#97deed

#97b3ed

#a697ed

Triadic

#97b3ed

#ed97b3

#b3ed97

Split-complementary

#97b3ed

#eda697

#deed97

Tetradic

#97b3ed

#d197ed

#edd197

#b3ed97

Square

#97b3ed

#ed97de

#edd197

#97eda6

Shades

Color #97b3ed mixed toward black.

#608be3

#2962da

#1d49a5

#13316e

#0a1837

Tints

Color #97b3ed mixed toward white.

#a8c0f0

#baccf3

#cbd9f6

#dce6f9

#eef2fc

Tones

Color #97b3ed mixed toward gray.

#9eb6e6

#a5b8df

#adbbd8

#b4bdd0

#bbc0c9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.1:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.99:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.99:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a4a4e1 · ΔE 7.9

Deuteranopia

#a2a0de · ΔE 8.7

Tritanopia

#99d6d4 · ΔE 23.2

Achromatopsia

#b3b3b3 · ΔE 18.8

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #97b3ed;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#97b3ed]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#97b3ed (#97b3ed) is rgb(151, 179, 237) in RGB.

No, #97b3ed is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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