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#97B8FF

#97b8ff ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#97b8ff is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 59.22% red, 72.16% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 40.78% cyan, 27.84% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 220.96°, with 100% saturation and 79.61% 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 10.62:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 8.47.

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Web safe#99ccff
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Relative luminance0.4808

Complementary

  1. #97b8ff
  2. #ffde97

Split complementary

  1. #97b8ff
  2. #ffaa97
  3. #ecff97

Analogous

  1. #97ecff
  2. #97b8ff
  3. #aa97ff

Triadic

  1. #97b8ff
  2. #ff97b8
  3. #b8ff97

Tetradic

  1. #97b8ff
  2. #de97ff
  3. #ffde97
  4. #b8ff97

Square

  1. #97b8ff
  2. #ff97ec
  3. #ffde97
  4. #97ffaa

Monochromatic

  1. #0050fd
  2. #4b84ff
  3. #97b8ff
  4. #e4ecff
  5. #ebf1ff

Shades

#97b8ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #97b8ff
  2. #88a6e6
  3. #7993cc
  4. #6a81b3
  5. #5b6e99
  6. #4c5c80
  7. #3c4a66
  8. #2d374d
  9. #1e2533
  10. #0f121a
  11. #000000

Tints

#97b8ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #97b8ff
  2. #a1bfff
  3. #acc6ff
  4. #b6cdff
  5. #c1d4ff
  6. #cbdcff
  7. #d5e3ff
  8. #e0eaff
  9. #eaf1ff
  10. #f5f8ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#97b8ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #97b8ff
  2. #95b2f2
  3. #92ade6
  4. #90a7d9
  5. #8ea2cc
  6. #8c9cc0
  7. #8996b3
  8. #8791a6
  9. #858b99
  10. #82868d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.98:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.62:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b8b8b8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #acb8d8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9fbdff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #94b4fd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #73c7d1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9cbbff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #95b6fe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #83c1e5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-97b8ff {
  color: #97b8ff;
}
Background
.bg-97b8ff {
  background-color: #97b8ff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-97b8ff {
  border: 2px solid #97b8ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #97b8ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 151 184 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 221 100% 80%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-97b8ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #97b8ff, #aa97ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-97b8ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(151 184 255 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 8.47 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 9.19 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.51 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.77 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 10.65 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.81 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 12.08 #684700 Inverted #b8b8b8 Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#97b8ff  rgb(151, 184, 255)  hsl(221, 100%, 80%)  Light Steel Blue
#ffde97  rgb(255, 222, 151)  hsl(41, 100%, 80%)  Peach
#ff97b8  rgb(255, 151, 184)  hsl(341, 100%, 80%)  Flamingo Pink
#b8ff97  rgb(184, 255, 151)  hsl(101, 100%, 80%)  Mint Green