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Recognised as Colour

#97A9BC

  • #97A9BC
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#97A9BC is a blue with RGB values 151, 169, 188 and HSL 211°, 22%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#97A9BC#97A9BC
HEX#97A9BC
RGBrgb(151, 169, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.5922, 0.6627, 0.7373
RGB percentages59.2%, 66.3%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(210.8, 21.6%, 66.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(210.8, 19.7%, 73.7%)
CMYK19.7%, 10.1%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,939,388
CSS custom property--colour: #97A9BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38586WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness166.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.72:1
Contrast with white2.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.72:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A7A7A7
Inverted#685643

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A2A9BDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4 from the original
Deuteranopia#9EA5BCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.6 from the original
Tritanopia#8DADAFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.41:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 10.6Dark grey · ΔE 12.1Light slate grey · ΔE 12.6Silver · ΔE 15.2Slate grey · ΔE 15.7Light blue · ΔE 17.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 10.59, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BCAA97
Analogous#97BCBC, #9897BC
Triadic#BC97A9, #A9BC97
Split complementary#BC9897, #BCBC97
Tetradic#BC97BC, #BCAA97, #97BC98

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F4F6F8
Lighter +20%#D5DCE4
Lighter +10%#B6C3D0
Darker −10%#788FA8
Darker −20%#5D7690
Darker −30%#495C71
Darker −40%#354352
More saturated +25%#82A8D1
Less saturated −25%#AAAAAA

Channel breakdown

R151
G169
B188
Red151 (59.2%)
Green169 (66.3%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue210.81°
Saturation (HSL)21.64%
Lightness66.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 97 · G A9 · B BC

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