Information about #97A8C7 color

#97A8C7 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#97A8C7 falls into the Azure Color Family — Mild Saturation, Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(151, 168, 199) — 59.2% red, 65.9% green, 78% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 19 / 12 / 0 / 22. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #97A8C7 reads as a softly balanced steel-blue azure and appears airy and pastel-like. Designers typically reach for tones like this for minimalist layouts, soft backgrounds and pastel palettes. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Stratosphere (#97A0CE). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Relax (#99AED0) and Williamsburg Blue (#9DA8BD).

The recipe behind #97A8C7 is rgb(151, 168, 199), with blue as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #97A8C7: 8.7:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.4:1 for white. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #97A8C7 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#97A8C7 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#97A8C7 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #97A8C7

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Stratosphere color link
Stratosphere

#97A0CE

Relax color link
Relax

#99AED0

Ceil color link
Ceil

#92A1CF

Polo Blue color link
Polo Blue

#8AA7CC

Nepal color link
Nepal

#93AAB9

Rock Blue color link
Rock Blue

#93A2BA

Blake color link
Blake

#88A7C8

Frozen color link
Frozen

#9DB6C6

Blue Bell color link
Blue Bell

#A2A2D0

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#97A8C7
  • RGB151, 168, 199
  • CMYK19, 12, 0, 22
  • CSSrgb(151, 168, 199)
  • HSL219°, 30%, 69%
  • HSL Precise218.75°, 30%, 68.627%
  • HSV219°, 24%, 78%
  • HSB219°, 24%, 78%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.592
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.659
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.780
  • GLSLvec3(0.592, 0.659, 0.780)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.592, 0.659, 0.780, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.592, 0.659, 0.780)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB59.2%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB65.9%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB78%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX ID97A8C7
  • DECIMAL ID9939143
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01