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Recognised as Colour

#97B3DA

  • #97B3DA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#97B3DA is a blue with RGB values 151, 179, 218 and HSL 215°, 48%, 72%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#97B3DA#97B3DA
HEX#97B3DA
RGBrgb(151, 179, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.5922, 0.702, 0.8549
RGB percentages59.2%, 70.2%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(214.9, 47.5%, 72.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(214.9, 30.7%, 85.5%)
CMYK30.7%, 17.9%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,941,978
CSS custom property--colour: #97B3DA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43881WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness176.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.78:1
Contrast with white2.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B0B0B0
Inverted#684C25

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A5B5DCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#9EAED9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original
Tritanopia#83BBC0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.15:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 9.9Light skyblue · ΔE 14Sky blue · ΔE 16Light blue · ΔE 19.2Light slate grey · ΔE 20Thistle · ΔE 20.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 9.85, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DABE97
Analogous#97D5DA, #9C97DA
Triadic#DA97B3, #B3DA97
Split complementary#DA9C97, #D4DA97
Tetradic#DA97D5, #DABE97, #97DA9C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E2EAF5
Lighter +10%#BDCEE7
Darker −10%#7198CD
Darker −20%#4C7CBF
Darker −30%#39649F
Darker −40%#2B4C7A
More saturated +25%#85B0EC
Less saturated −25%#A9B6C8

Channel breakdown

R151
G179
B218
Red151 (59.2%)
Green179 (70.2%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue214.93°
Saturation (HSL)47.52%
Lightness72.35%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 97 · G B3 · B DA

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