#97bef9

Color #97bef9

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 13.61 Nearest Tailwind class blue-300 #8ec5ff · ΔE 3.7

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Conversions

HEX

#97bef9

RGB

rgb(151, 190, 249)

HSL

hsl(216.1, 89.1%, 78.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.1, 39.4%, 97.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(39.4%, 23.7%, 0%, 2.4%)

LAB

lab(76.22, 1.42, -33.29)

LCH

lch(76.22, 33.32, 272.44)

OKLCH

oklch(79.5%, 0.0944, 258.51)

HWB

hwb(216.1, 59.2%, 2.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f9d297

Analogous

#97eff9

#97bef9

#a197f9

Triadic

#97bef9

#f997be

#bef997

Split-complementary

#97bef9

#f9a197

#eff997

Tetradic

#97bef9

#d297f9

#f9d297

#bef997

Square

#97bef9

#f997ef

#f9d297

#97f9a1

Shades

Color #97bef9 mixed toward black.

#5897f5

#196ff2

#0b52bd

#07377e

#041b3f

Tints

Color #97bef9 mixed toward white.

#a8c9fa

#bad4fb

#cbdefc

#dce9fd

#eef4fe

Tones

Color #97bef9 mixed toward gray.

#9fc0f1

#a7c1e9

#afc3e0

#b8c5d8

#c0c6d0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.9:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.05:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.05:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a9aaec · ΔE 10.2

Deuteranopia

#a7a4e9 · ΔE 11.5

Tritanopia

#99e2e0 · ΔE 22.7

Achromatopsia

#bcbcbc · ΔE 19.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #97bef9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#97bef9]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#97bef9 (#97bef9) is rgb(151, 190, 249) in RGB.

No, #97bef9 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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