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Recognised as Colour

#97AAB2

  • #97AAB2
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#97AAB2 is a cyan with RGB values 151, 170, 178 and HSL 198°, 15%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#97AAB2#97AAB2
HEX#97AAB2
RGBrgb(151, 170, 178)
RGB (0–1)0.5922, 0.6667, 0.698
RGB percentages59.2%, 66.7%, 69.8%
HSLhsl(197.8, 14.9%, 64.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(197.8, 15.2%, 69.8%)
CMYK15.2%, 4.5%, 0%, 30.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,939,634
CSS custom property--colour: #97AAB2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38543WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness165.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.71:1
Contrast with white2.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.71:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A7A7A7
Inverted#68554D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A6A9B2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#A1A5B2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.2 from the original
Tritanopia#90ADACno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.3 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 text8.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 8.1Silver · ΔE 12.3Light slate grey · ΔE 13.6Light steelblue · ΔE 13.9Slate grey · ΔE 16.4Cadetblue · ΔE 16.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 8.06, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B29F97
Analogous#97B2AD, #979CB2
Triadic#B297AA, #AAB297
Split complementary#B2979C, #B2AC97
Tetradic#AD97B2, #B29F97, #9DB297

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EFF2F3
Lighter +20%#D2DADD
Lighter +10%#B4C2C8
Darker −10%#7A929C
Darker −20%#617882
Darker −30%#4B5D65
Darker −40%#354248
More saturated +25%#80B3C9
Less saturated −25%#A4A4A4

Channel breakdown

R151
G170
B178
Red151 (59.2%)
Green170 (66.7%)
Blue178 (69.8%)
Hue197.78°
Saturation (HSL)14.92%
Lightness64.51%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 97 · G AA · B B2

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