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Recognised as Colour

#97ACDF

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

#97ACDF is a blue with RGB values 151, 172, 223 and HSL 222°, 53%, 73%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#97ACDF#97ACDF
HEX#97ACDF
RGBrgb(151, 172, 223)
RGB (0–1)0.5922, 0.6745, 0.8745
RGB percentages59.2%, 67.5%, 87.5%
HSLhsl(222.5, 52.9%, 73.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(222.5, 32.3%, 87.5%)
CMYK32.3%, 22.9%, 0%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,940,191
CSS custom property--colour: #97ACDF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41412WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness172.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.28:1
Contrast with white2.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ABABAB
Inverted#685320

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9CB0E1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#95A9DEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original
Tritanopia#82B6BDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.26:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 16.2Light skyblue · ΔE 18Steel blue · ΔE 20.4Sky blue · ΔE 22.4Thistle · ΔE 22.8Light slate grey · ΔE 23.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 16.23, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DFCA97
Analogous#97D0DF, #A697DF
Triadic#DF97AC, #ACDF97
Split complementary#DFA697, #D0DF97
Tetradic#DF97D0, #DFCA97, #97DFA6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E5EAF7
Lighter +10%#BECBEB
Darker −10%#708DD3
Darker −20%#496EC7
Darker −30%#3456A9
Darker −40%#284282
More saturated +25%#86A5F0
Less saturated −25%#A8B3CE

Channel breakdown

R151
G172
B223
Red151 (59.2%)
Green172 (67.5%)
Blue223 (87.5%)
Hue222.5°
Saturation (HSL)52.94%
Lightness73.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 97 · G AC · B DF

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