Information about #97A6E2 color
Basic facts about this digital color
The color #97A6E2 reads as a confidently colored blue 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 Light Sapphire Blue (#8BA2E7). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Ashley's Lavender Calm (#9FA2D7) and Light Cobalt Blue (#88ACE0).
Technically, the mix leans on its blue channel (rgb(151, 166, 226)), which gives #97A6E2 its character. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #97A6E2: 8.9:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.4:1 for white. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #97A6E2 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#97A6E2 color variations
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#97A6E2 color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#97A6E2 color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#97A6E2 color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#97A6E2 color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#97A6E2 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.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
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.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #97A6E2 color
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Nearest named colors to #97A6E2
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#8BA2E7
#9FA2D7
#88ACE0
#8B9FEE
#AAA4E3
#95B5D6
#99AED0
#9EABD0
#92A1CF
#8B96E7
#97A0CE
#8B98D8
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#97A6E2
- RGB151, 166, 226
- CMYK29, 24, 0, 11
- CSSrgb(151, 166, 226)
- HSL228°, 56%, 74%
- HSL Precise228°, 56.391%, 73.922%
- HSV228°, 33%, 89%
- HSB228°, 33%, 89%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.592
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.651
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.886
- GLSLvec3(0.592, 0.651, 0.886)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.592, 0.651, 0.886, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.592, 0.651, 0.886)
- Percentage of Red in RGB59.2%
- Percentage of Green in RGB65.1%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB88.6%
- Color FamilyBlue
- Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
- Lightness FamilyVery Light
- HEX ID97A6E2
- DECIMAL ID9938658
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers24 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
