#97d8ea

Color #97d8ea

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Light Blue #add8e6 · ΔE 6.62 Nearest Tailwind class sky-200 #b8e6fe · ΔE 6.5

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Conversions

HEX

#97d8ea

RGB

rgb(151, 216, 234)

HSL

hsl(193, 66.4%, 75.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(193, 35.5%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(35.5%, 7.7%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(82.72, -16.13, -15.37)

LCH

lch(82.72, 22.28, 223.62)

OKLCH

oklch(84.5%, 0.0701, 216.89)

HWB

hwb(193, 59.2%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eaa997

Analogous

#97ead3

#97d8ea

#97afea

Triadic

#97d8ea

#ea97d8

#d8ea97

Split-complementary

#97d8ea

#ea97af

#ead397

Tetradic

#97d8ea

#a997ea

#eaa997

#d8ea97

Square

#97d8ea

#d397ea

#eaa997

#afea97

Shades

Color #97d8ea mixed toward black.

#62c4df

#2cb0d4

#2084a0

#16586b

#0b2c35

Tints

Color #97d8ea mixed toward white.

#a8dfee

#bae5f1

#cbecf5

#dcf2f8

#eef9fc

Tones

Color #97d8ea mixed toward gray.

#9ed4e3

#a5d0dc

#acccd5

#b3c8ce

#bac4c7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.58:1

Aa Black text on this color

13.33:1

Black text reads better on this background (13.33:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b7b7e6 · ΔE 22.1

Deuteranopia

#b3aee5 · ΔE 23.2

Tritanopia

#9be2e2 · ΔE 7.6

Achromatopsia

#cecece · ΔE 17.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #97d8ea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#97d8ea]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#97d8ea (#97d8ea) is rgb(151, 216, 234) in RGB.

No, #97d8ea 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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