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Recognised as Colour

#97BCBD

  • #97BCBD
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light blue

#97BCBD is a cyan with RGB values 151, 188, 189 and HSL 182°, 22%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#97BCBD#97BCBD
HEX#97BCBD
RGBrgb(151, 188, 189)
RGB (0–1)0.5922, 0.7373, 0.7412
RGB percentages59.2%, 73.7%, 74.1%
HSLhsl(181.6, 22.4%, 66.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(181.6, 20.1%, 74.1%)
CMYK20.1%, 0.5%, 0%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,944,253
CSS custom property--colour: #97BCBD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4622WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness177.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.24:1
Contrast with white2.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.24:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B4B4B4
Inverted#684342

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B7B8BDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#AFB3BDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.7 from the original
Tritanopia#8BBFBCno 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 text2.05:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.24:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 12.3Powder blue · ΔE 13.1Silver · ΔE 13.6Dark grey · ΔE 13.7Cadetblue · ΔE 14.9Light steelblue · ΔE 15.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 12.3, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BD9897
Analogous#97BDAB, #97A9BD
Triadic#BD97BC, #BCBD97
Split complementary#BD97A9, #BDAB97
Tetradic#AB97BD, #BD9897, #A9BD97

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F5F8F8
Lighter +20%#D5E4E5
Lighter +10%#B6D0D1
Darker −10%#78A8A9
Darker −20%#5C9092
Darker −30%#497172
Darker −40%#355253
More saturated +25%#82D0D2
Less saturated −25%#AAAAAA

Channel breakdown

R151
G188
B189
Red151 (59.2%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue189 (74.1%)
Hue181.58°
Saturation (HSL)22.35%
Lightness66.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 97 · G BC · B BD

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