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Recognised as Colour

#97BCAE

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

#97BCAE is a cyan with RGB values 151, 188, 174 and HSL 157°, 22%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#97BCAE#97BCAE
HEX#97BCAE
RGBrgb(151, 188, 174)
RGB (0–1)0.5922, 0.7373, 0.6824
RGB percentages59.2%, 73.7%, 68.2%
HSLhsl(157.3, 21.6%, 66.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(157.3, 19.7%, 73.7%)
CMYK19.7%, 0%, 7.4%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,944,238
CSS custom property--colour: #97BCAE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45602WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness176.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.12:1
Contrast with white2.08:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.12:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B3B3B3
Inverted#684351

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BAB7ADno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#B3B2AFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.1 from the original
Tritanopia#8FBDB8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.08:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.12:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 16.1Silver · ΔE 16.2Cadetblue · ΔE 16.6Powder blue · ΔE 17Dark seagreen · ΔE 17.3Light blue · ΔE 18.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 16.08, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BC97A5
Analogous#97BC9C, #97B8BC
Triadic#AE97BC, #BCAE97
Split complementary#BC97B8, #BC9C97
Tetradic#9C97BC, #BC97A5, #B8BC97

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F4F8F6
Lighter +20%#D5E4DE
Lighter +10%#B6D0C6
Darker −10%#78A896
Darker −20%#5D907D
Darker −30%#497162
Darker −40%#355247
More saturated +25%#82D1B3
Less saturated −25%#AAAAAA

Channel breakdown

R151
G188
B174
Red151 (59.2%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue174 (68.2%)
Hue157.3°
Saturation (HSL)21.64%
Lightness66.47%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 97 · G BC · B AE

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