#97d5ed

Color #97d5ed

A vivid, highly saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 4.37 Nearest Tailwind class sky-300 #74d4ff · ΔE 5.4

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Conversions

HEX

#97d5ed

RGB

rgb(151, 213, 237)

HSL

hsl(196.7, 70.5%, 76.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(196.7, 36.3%, 92.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(36.3%, 10.1%, 0%, 7.1%)

LAB

lab(81.99, -13.86, -18.06)

LCH

lch(81.99, 22.77, 232.5)

OKLCH

oklch(83.9%, 0.0714, 224.03)

HWB

hwb(196.7, 59.2%, 7.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#edaf97

Analogous

#97edda

#97d5ed

#97aaed

Triadic

#97d5ed

#ed97d5

#d5ed97

Split-complementary

#97d5ed

#ed97aa

#edda97

Tetradic

#97d5ed

#af97ed

#edaf97

#d5ed97

Square

#97d5ed

#da97ed

#edaf97

#aaed97

Shades

Color #97d5ed mixed toward black.

#60bfe3

#29a9da

#1d7fa5

#13556e

#0a2a37

Tints

Color #97d5ed mixed toward white.

#a8dcf0

#bae3f3

#cbeaf6

#dcf1f9

#eef8fc

Tones

Color #97d5ed mixed toward gray.

#9ed2e6

#a5cfdf

#adccd8

#b4c8d0

#bbc5c9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.61:1

Aa Black text on this color

13.06:1

Black text reads better on this background (13.06:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b5b6e7 · ΔE 20.1

Deuteranopia

#b2ade6 · ΔE 21.3

Tritanopia

#9be3e2 · ΔE 10.5

Achromatopsia

#cccccc · ΔE 16.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #97d5ed;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#97d5ed]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Frequently asked questions

#97d5ed (#97d5ed) is rgb(151, 213, 237) in RGB.

No, #97d5ed 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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