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Recognised as Colour

#97B8BA

  • #97B8BA
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#97B8BA is a cyan with RGB values 151, 184, 186 and HSL 183°, 20%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#97B8BA#97B8BA
HEX#97B8BA
RGBrgb(151, 184, 186)
RGB (0–1)0.5922, 0.7216, 0.7294
RGB percentages59.2%, 72.2%, 72.9%
HSLhsl(183.4, 20.2%, 66.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(183.4, 18.8%, 72.9%)
CMYK18.8%, 1.1%, 0%, 27.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,943,226
CSS custom property--colour: #97B8BA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44405WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness175 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.88:1
Contrast with white2.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B1B1B1
Inverted#684745

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B3B5BAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#ACB0BAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.3 from the original
Tritanopia#8CBBB8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.13:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 12.1Silver · ΔE 12.8Light blue · ΔE 13.2Powder blue · ΔE 14.4Cadetblue · ΔE 14.7Light steelblue · ΔE 15.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 12.11, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BA9997
Analogous#97BAAB, #97A6BA
Triadic#BA97B8, #B8BA97
Split complementary#BA97A6, #BAAB97
Tetradic#AB97BA, #BA9997, #A6BA97

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F3F7F7
Lighter +20%#D4E2E3
Lighter +10%#B6CDCE
Darker −10%#78A3A6
Darker −20%#5E8B8D
Darker −30%#496C6F
Darker −40%#354E50
More saturated +25%#81CBD0
Less saturated −25%#A9A9A9

Channel breakdown

R151
G184
B186
Red151 (59.2%)
Green184 (72.2%)
Blue186 (72.9%)
Hue183.43°
Saturation (HSL)20.23%
Lightness66.08%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 97 · G B8 · B BA

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