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Recognised as Colour

#0097BF

  • #0097BF
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Steel blue

#0097BF is a cyan with RGB values 0, 151, 191 and HSL 193°, 100%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

#0097BF#0097BF
HEX#0097BF
RGBrgb(0, 151, 191)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.5922, 0.749
RGB percentages0%, 59.2%, 74.9%
HSLhsl(192.6, 100%, 37.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(192.6, 100%, 74.9%)
CMYK100%, 20.9%, 0%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer38,847
CSS custom property--colour: #0097BF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25895WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness132.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.18:1
Contrast with white3.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.18:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7A7A7A
Inverted#FF6840

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8194C1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#6B85BFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00A3A4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.4:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 16Deep skyblue · ΔE 19.3Cadetblue · ΔE 22.9Light skyblue · ΔE 23.3Sky blue · ΔE 23.4Dark cyan · ΔE 24.7
Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 16.03, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BF2800
Analogous#00BF87, #0038BF
Triadic#BF0097, #97BF00
Split complementary#BF0038, #BF8700
Tetradic#8700BF, #BF2800, #38BF00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#8CE7FF
Lighter +30%#59DCFF
Lighter +20%#26D2FF
Lighter +10%#00BFF2
Darker −10%#006F8C
Darker −20%#004659
Darker −30%#001E26
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#0097BF
Less saturated −25%#1889A7

Channel breakdown

R0
G151
B191
Red0 (0%)
Green151 (59.2%)
Blue191 (74.9%)
Hue192.57°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness37.45%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 97 · B BF

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