#97b4fa

Color #97b4fa

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 16.51 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 3

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Conversions

HEX

#97b4fa

RGB

rgb(151, 180, 250)

HSL

hsl(222.4, 90.8%, 78.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(222.4, 39.6%, 98%)

CMYK

cmyk(39.6%, 28%, 0%, 2%)

LAB

lab(73.62, 7.2, -37.84)

LCH

lch(73.62, 38.52, 280.77)

OKLCH

oklch(77.5%, 0.1057, 266.69)

HWB

hwb(222.4, 59.2%, 2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#fadd97

Analogous

#97e5fa

#97b4fa

#ab97fa

Triadic

#97b4fa

#fa97b4

#b4fa97

Split-complementary

#97b4fa

#faab97

#e5fa97

Tetradic

#97b4fa

#dd97fa

#fadd97

#b4fa97

Square

#97b4fa

#fa97e5

#fadd97

#97faab

Shades

Color #97b4fa mixed toward black.

#5786f7

#1758f4

#093fbf

#062a7f

#031540

Tints

Color #97b4fa mixed toward white.

#a8c0fb

#bacdfc

#cbd9fc

#dce6fd

#eef2fe

Tones

Color #97b4fa mixed toward gray.

#9fb7f2

#a7bbe9

#b0bee1

#b8c2d9

#c0c5d1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.05:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.22:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.22:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a4a5ec · ΔE 7.5

Deuteranopia

#a3a0e8 · ΔE 8.9

Tritanopia

#99dfdc · ΔE 25.7

Achromatopsia

#b5b5b5 · ΔE 20.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #97b4fa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#97b4fa]

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

#97b4fa (#97b4fa) is rgb(151, 180, 250) in RGB.

No, #97b4fa is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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