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#97BFE2

#97bfe2 ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#97bfe2 is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 59.22% red, 74.9% green and 88.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 33.19% cyan, 15.49% magenta, 0% yellow and 11.37% black. Its hue angle is 208°, with 56.39% saturation and 73.92% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 10.87:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 5.64.

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Relative luminance0.4933

Complementary

  1. #97bfe2
  2. #e2ba97

Split complementary

  1. #97bfe2
  2. #e29799
  3. #e2df97

Analogous

  1. #97e2df
  2. #97bfe2
  3. #9799e2

Triadic

  1. #97bfe2
  2. #e297bf
  3. #bfe297

Tetradic

  1. #97bfe2
  2. #ba97e2
  3. #e2ba97
  4. #bfe297

Square

  1. #97bfe2
  2. #df97e2
  3. #e2ba97
  4. #99e297

Monochromatic

  1. #3174af
  2. #5b9ad1
  3. #97bfe2
  4. #d3e4f3
  5. #eff5fb

Shades

#97bfe2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #97bfe2
  2. #88accb
  3. #7999b5
  4. #6a869e
  5. #5b7388
  6. #4c6071
  7. #3c4c5a
  8. #2d3944
  9. #1e262d
  10. #0f1317
  11. #000000

Tints

#97bfe2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #97bfe2
  2. #a1c5e5
  3. #accce8
  4. #b6d2eb
  5. #c1d9ee
  6. #cbdff1
  7. #d5e5f3
  8. #e0ecf6
  9. #eaf2f9
  10. #f5f9fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#97bfe2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #97bfe2
  2. #95b9d8
  3. #92b2ce
  4. #90acc5
  5. #8ea6bb
  6. #8ca0b1
  7. #8999a7
  8. #87939d
  9. #858d94
  10. #82868a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.93:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.87:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bababa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #adbccb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b1bfe4 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a7b7e1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #7fc7ca ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a7bfe3 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a1bae2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #89c4d4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-97bfe2 {
  color: #97bfe2;
}
Background
.bg-97bfe2 {
  background-color: #97bfe2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-97bfe2 {
  border: 2px solid #97bfe2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #97bfe2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 151 191 226;
  --color-primary-hsl: 208 56% 74%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-97bfe2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #97bfe2, #9799e2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-97bfe2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(151 191 226 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 5.64 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 6.00 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.22 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 6.98 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 7.73 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.80 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 7.95 #68401d Inverted #bababa Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#97bfe2  rgb(151, 191, 226)  hsl(208, 56%, 74%)  Light Steel Blue
#e2ba97  rgb(226, 186, 151)  hsl(28, 56%, 74%)  Burly Wood
#e297bf  rgb(226, 151, 191)  hsl(328, 56%, 74%)  Carnation Pink
#bfe297  rgb(191, 226, 151)  hsl(88, 56%, 74%)  Granny Smith Apple