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#97B7FE

#97b7fe ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#97b7fe is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 59.22% red, 71.76% green and 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 40.55% cyan, 27.95% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 221.36°, with 98.1% saturation and 79.41% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 10.52:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 8.49.

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Web safe#99ccff
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Relative luminance0.476

Complementary

  1. #97b7fe
  2. #fede97

Split complementary

  1. #97b7fe
  2. #feaa97
  3. #eafe97

Analogous

  1. #97eafe
  2. #97b7fe
  3. #aa97fe

Triadic

  1. #97b7fe
  2. #fe97b7
  3. #b7fe97

Tetradic

  1. #97b7fe
  2. #de97fe
  3. #fede97
  4. #b7fe97

Square

  1. #97b7fe
  2. #fe97ea
  3. #fede97
  4. #97feaa

Monochromatic

  1. #024ffa
  2. #4b83fd
  3. #97b7fe
  4. #e3ebff
  5. #ebf1ff

Shades

#97b7fe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #97b7fe
  2. #88a5e5
  3. #7992cb
  4. #6a80b2
  5. #5b6e98
  6. #4c5c7f
  7. #3c4966
  8. #2d374c
  9. #1e2533
  10. #0f1219
  11. #000000

Tints

#97b7fe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #97b7fe
  2. #a1befe
  3. #acc5fe
  4. #b6cdfe
  5. #c1d4fe
  6. #cbdbff
  7. #d5e2ff
  8. #e0e9ff
  9. #eaf1ff
  10. #f5f8ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#97b7fe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #97b7fe
  2. #95b2f1
  3. #92ace5
  4. #90a7d8
  5. #8ea1cc
  6. #8c9cbf
  7. #8996b2
  8. #8791a6
  9. #858b99
  10. #82868d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.52:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b7b7b7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #abb7d7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9ebdff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #94b3fc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #74c6d0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9bbaff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #95b5fd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #83c0e4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-97b7fe {
  color: #97b7fe;
}
Background
.bg-97b7fe {
  background-color: #97b7fe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-97b7fe {
  border: 2px solid #97b7fe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #97b7fe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 151 183 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 221 98% 79%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-97b7fe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #97b7fe, #aa97fe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-97b7fe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(151 183 254 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 8.49 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 9.15 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.31 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.00 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 10.49 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 11.06 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 12.01 #684801 Inverted #b7b7b7 Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#97b7fe  rgb(151, 183, 254)  hsl(221, 98%, 79%)  Light Steel Blue
#fede97  rgb(254, 222, 151)  hsl(41, 98%, 79%)  Peach
#fe97b7  rgb(254, 151, 183)  hsl(341, 98%, 79%)  Flamingo Pink
#b7fe97  rgb(183, 254, 151)  hsl(101, 98%, 79%)  Mint Green