#97afee

Color #97afee

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 18.3 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 2.8

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Conversions

HEX

#97afee

RGB

rgb(151, 175, 238)

HSL

hsl(223.4, 71.9%, 76.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(223.4, 36.6%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(36.6%, 26.5%, 0%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(71.83, 6.79, -34.12)

LCH

lch(71.83, 34.79, 281.26)

OKLCH

oklch(75.9%, 0.095, 268.07)

HWB

hwb(223.4, 59.2%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eed697

Analogous

#97dbee

#97afee

#ab97ee

Triadic

#97afee

#ee97af

#afee97

Split-complementary

#97afee

#eeab97

#dbee97

Tetradic

#97afee

#d697ee

#eed697

#afee97

Square

#97afee

#ee97db

#eed697

#97eeab

Shades

Color #97afee mixed toward black.

#5f84e5

#2859dc

#1b42a7

#122c6f

#091638

Tints

Color #97afee mixed toward white.

#a8bcf1

#bacaf4

#cbd7f7

#dce4f9

#eef2fc

Tones

Color #97afee mixed toward gray.

#9eb2e7

#a6b6e0

#adb9d8

#b4bcd1

#bbbfca

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.17:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.68:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.68:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a2a2e1 · ΔE 6.8

Deuteranopia

#a19fde · ΔE 7.6

Tritanopia

#98d6d3 · ΔE 24.8

Achromatopsia

#b0b0b0 · ΔE 19.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #97afee;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#97afee]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#97afee (#97afee) is rgb(151, 175, 238) in RGB.

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

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