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#97BBFA

#97bbfa ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#97bbfa is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 59.22% red, 73.33% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 39.6% cyan, 25.2% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 218.18°, with 90.83% saturation and 78.63% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 10.8:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 7.94.

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Relative luminance0.4902

Complementary

  1. #97bbfa
  2. #fad697

Split complementary

  1. #97bbfa
  2. #faa597
  3. #edfa97

Analogous

  1. #97edfa
  2. #97bbfa
  3. #a597fa

Triadic

  1. #97bbfa
  2. #fa97bb
  3. #bbfa97

Tetradic

  1. #97bbfa
  2. #d697fa
  3. #fad697
  4. #bbfa97

Square

  1. #97bbfa
  2. #fa97ed
  3. #fad697
  4. #97faa5

Monochromatic

  1. #0b5ded
  2. #4e8bf6
  3. #97bbfa
  4. #e0ebfe
  5. #ecf2fe

Shades

#97bbfa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #97bbfa
  2. #88a8e1
  3. #7996c8
  4. #6a83af
  5. #5b7096
  6. #4c5e7d
  7. #3c4b64
  8. #2d384b
  9. #1e2532
  10. #0f1319
  11. #000000

Tints

#97bbfa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #97bbfa
  2. #a1c2fb
  3. #acc9fb
  4. #b6cffc
  5. #c1d6fc
  6. #cbddfd
  7. #d5e4fd
  8. #e0ebfe
  9. #eaf1fe
  10. #f5f8ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#97bbfa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #97bbfa
  2. #95b5ee
  3. #92afe2
  4. #90a9d5
  5. #8ea3c9
  6. #8c9ebd
  7. #8998b1
  8. #8792a5
  9. #858c98
  10. #82868c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.94:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.8:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bababa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #adbad7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a5bffd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9ab6f9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #75c8d1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9fbdfc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #99b8f9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #84c3e2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-97bbfa {
  color: #97bbfa;
}
Background
.bg-97bbfa {
  background-color: #97bbfa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-97bbfa {
  border: 2px solid #97bbfa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #97bbfa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 151 187 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 218 91% 79%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-97bbfa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #97bbfa, #a597fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-97bbfa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(151 187 250 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 7.94 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.68 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.92 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.42 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 9.68 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 11.07 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 11.66 #684405 Inverted #bababa Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#97bbfa  rgb(151, 187, 250)  hsl(218, 91%, 79%)  Light Steel Blue
#fad697  rgb(250, 214, 151)  hsl(38, 91%, 79%)  Sunset
#fa97bb  rgb(250, 151, 187)  hsl(338, 91%, 79%)  Flamingo Pink
#bbfa97  rgb(187, 250, 151)  hsl(98, 91%, 79%)  Pale Green