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#97BCFE

#97bcfe ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#97bcfe is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 59.22% red, 73.73% green and 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 40.55% cyan, 25.98% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 218.45°, with 98.1% saturation and 79.41% 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 10.94:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 8.16.

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Web safe#99ccff
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Relative luminance0.497

Complementary

  1. #97bcfe
  2. #fed997

Split complementary

  1. #97bcfe
  2. #fea597
  3. #effe97

Analogous

  1. #97effe
  2. #97bcfe
  3. #a597fe

Triadic

  1. #97bcfe
  2. #fe97bc
  3. #bcfe97

Tetradic

  1. #97bcfe
  2. #d997fe
  3. #fed997
  4. #bcfe97

Square

  1. #97bcfe
  2. #fe97ef
  3. #fed997
  4. #97fea5

Monochromatic

  1. #025bfa
  2. #4b8bfd
  3. #97bcfe
  4. #e3edff
  5. #ebf2ff

Shades

#97bcfe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #97bcfe
  2. #88a9e5
  3. #7996cb
  4. #6a84b2
  5. #5b7198
  6. #4c5e7f
  7. #3c4b66
  8. #2d384c
  9. #1e2633
  10. #0f1319
  11. #000000

Tints

#97bcfe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #97bcfe
  2. #a1c3fe
  3. #acc9fe
  4. #b6d0fe
  5. #c1d7fe
  6. #cbdeff
  7. #d5e4ff
  8. #e0ebff
  9. #eaf2ff
  10. #f5f8ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#97bcfe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #97bcfe
  2. #95b6f1
  3. #92b0e5
  4. #90aad8
  5. #8ea4cc
  6. #8c9ebf
  7. #8998b2
  8. #8792a6
  9. #858c99
  10. #82868d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.92:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.94:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bbbbbb ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aebbd9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a4c0ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #99b7fd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #73cad3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9fbfff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #98b9fd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #83c5e5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-97bcfe {
  color: #97bcfe;
}
Background
.bg-97bcfe {
  background-color: #97bcfe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-97bcfe {
  border: 2px solid #97bcfe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #97bcfe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 151 188 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 218 98% 79%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-97bcfe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #97bcfe, #a597fe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-97bcfe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(151 188 254 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 8.16 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.62 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 9.16 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 9.60 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.92 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 11.27 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 11.64 #684301 Inverted #bbbbbb Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#97bcfe  rgb(151, 188, 254)  hsl(218, 98%, 79%)  Light Steel Blue
#fed997  rgb(254, 217, 151)  hsl(38, 98%, 79%)  Navajo White
#fe97bc  rgb(254, 151, 188)  hsl(338, 98%, 79%)  Flamingo Pink
#bcfe97  rgb(188, 254, 151)  hsl(98, 98%, 79%)  Mint Green