#97c5e1

Color #97c5e1

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 7.1 Nearest Tailwind class blue-300 #8ec5ff · ΔE 6.7

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Conversions

HEX

#97c5e1

RGB

rgb(151, 197, 225)

HSL

hsl(202.7, 55.2%, 73.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(202.7, 32.9%, 88.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(32.9%, 12.4%, 0%, 11.8%)

LAB

lab(77.25, -8.48, -18.8)

LCH

lch(77.25, 20.62, 245.72)

OKLCH

oklch(80%, 0.0627, 235.32)

HWB

hwb(202.7, 59.2%, 11.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e1b397

Analogous

#97e1d8

#97c5e1

#97a0e1

Triadic

#97c5e1

#e197c5

#c5e197

Split-complementary

#97c5e1

#e197a0

#e1d897

Tetradic

#97c5e1

#b397e1

#e1b397

#c5e197

Square

#97c5e1

#d897e1

#e1b397

#a0e197

Shades

Color #97c5e1 mixed toward black.

#66aad3

#388ec2

#2a6b92

#1c4761

#0e2431

Tints

Color #97c5e1 mixed toward white.

#a8cfe6

#bad8eb

#cbe2f0

#dcecf5

#eef5fa

Tones

Color #97c5e1 mixed toward gray.

#9dc3db

#a3c2d5

#a9c0ce

#b0bfc8

#b6bdc2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.84:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.39:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.39:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#adaddb · ΔE 16.6

Deuteranopia

#aaa7d9 · ΔE 17.4

Tritanopia

#9ad5d4 · ΔE 13

Achromatopsia

#bfbfbf · ΔE 15

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Code

CSS

background-color: #97c5e1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#97c5e1]

Related colors

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Steel Blue #4682b4

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#97c5e1 (#97c5e1) is rgb(151, 197, 225) in RGB.

No, #97c5e1 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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