Nerdulator> put something in

Colour

#97A8AF

  • #97A8AF
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#97A8AF is a cyan with RGB values 151, 168, 175 and HSL 198°, 13%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#97A8AF#97A8AF
HEX#97A8AF
RGBrgb(151, 168, 175)
RGB (0–1)0.5922, 0.6588, 0.6863
RGB percentages59.2%, 65.9%, 68.6%
HSLhsl(197.5, 13%, 63.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(197.5, 13.7%, 68.6%)
CMYK13.7%, 4%, 0%, 31.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,939,119
CSS custom property--colour: #97A8AF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3768WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness163.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.54:1
Contrast with white2.46:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.54:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A5A5A5
Inverted#685750

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A4A7AFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#A0A4AFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.3 from the original
Tritanopia#91AAAAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.46:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 7.3Silver · ΔE 12.2Light slate grey · ΔE 13.3Light steelblue · ΔE 14.7Gray · ΔE 15.9Slate grey · ΔE 15.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 7.32, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AF9E97
Analogous#97AFAA, #979CAF
Triadic#AF97A8, #A8AF97
Split complementary#AF979C, #AFAA97
Tetradic#AA97AF, #AF9E97, #9CAF97

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EDF0F2
Lighter +20%#D1D8DB
Lighter +10%#B4C0C5
Darker −10%#7A9099
Darker −20%#61767F
Darker −30%#4B5B62
Darker −40%#354045
More saturated +25%#80B2C6
Less saturated −25%#A3A3A3

Channel breakdown

R151
G168
B175
Red151 (59.2%)
Green168 (65.9%)
Blue175 (68.6%)
Hue197.5°
Saturation (HSL)13.04%
Lightness63.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 97 · G A8 · B AF

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “97a8af” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.