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#97C8EA

#97c8ea ≈ Light Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#97c8ea is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 59.22% red, 78.43% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 35.47% cyan, 14.53% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 204.58°, with 66.4% saturation and 75.49% 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 11.77:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Sky Blue (#87cefa), ΔE 3.54.

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Relative luminance0.5383

Complementary

  1. #97c8ea
  2. #eab997

Split complementary

  1. #97c8ea
  2. #ea979e
  3. #eae397

Analogous

  1. #97eae3
  2. #97c8ea
  3. #979eea

Triadic

  1. #97c8ea
  2. #ea97c8
  3. #c8ea97

Tetradic

  1. #97c8ea
  2. #b997ea
  3. #eab997
  4. #c8ea97

Square

  1. #97c8ea
  2. #e397ea
  3. #eab997
  4. #9eea97

Monochromatic

  1. #2782c1
  2. #57a6dd
  3. #97c8ea
  4. #d7eaf7
  5. #eef6fc

Shades

#97c8ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #97c8ea
  2. #88b4d3
  3. #79a0bb
  4. #6a8ca4
  5. #5b788c
  6. #4c6475
  7. #3c505e
  8. #2d3c46
  9. #1e282f
  10. #0f1417
  11. #000000

Tints

#97c8ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #97c8ea
  2. #a1ceec
  3. #acd3ee
  4. #b6d9f0
  5. #c1def2
  6. #cbe4f5
  7. #d5e9f7
  8. #e0eff9
  9. #eaf4fb
  10. #f5fafd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#97c8ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #97c8ea
  2. #95c1df
  3. #92bad5
  4. #90b2ca
  5. #8eabc0
  6. #8ca4b5
  7. #899daa
  8. #8796a0
  9. #858e95
  10. #82878b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.78:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.77:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c2c2c2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b2c4d3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b9c7ec ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #aebee9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #7bd1d3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #adc7eb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a5c2ea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #87cddd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-97c8ea {
  color: #97c8ea;
}
Background
.bg-97c8ea {
  background-color: #97c8ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-97c8ea {
  border: 2px solid #97c8ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #97c8ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 151 200 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 205 66% 75%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-97c8ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #97c8ea, #979eea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-97c8ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(151 200 234 / 0.35);
}

#87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 3.54 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 4.14 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 5.06 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 5.52 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 6.91 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 7.21 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 7.22 #683715 Inverted #c2c2c2 Grayscale 

Light Sky Blue
#97c8ea  rgb(151, 200, 234)  hsl(205, 66%, 75%)  Light Sky Blue
#eab997  rgb(234, 185, 151)  hsl(25, 66%, 75%)  Tumbleweed
#ea97c8  rgb(234, 151, 200)  hsl(325, 66%, 75%)  Persian Pink
#c8ea97  rgb(200, 234, 151)  hsl(85, 66%, 75%)  Granny Smith Apple