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Recognised as Colour

#97BCE5

  • #97BCE5
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#97BCE5 is a blue with RGB values 151, 188, 229 and HSL 212°, 60%, 75%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#97BCE5#97BCE5
HEX#97BCE5
RGBrgb(151, 188, 229)
RGB (0–1)0.5922, 0.7373, 0.898
RGB percentages59.2%, 73.7%, 89.8%
HSLhsl(211.5, 60%, 74.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(211.5, 34.1%, 89.8%)
CMYK34.1%, 17.9%, 0%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,944,293
CSS custom property--colour: #97BCE5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.48203WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness183.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.64:1
Contrast with white1.97:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.64:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B7B7B7
Inverted#68431A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ADBDE7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#A3B5E4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.2 from the original
Tritanopia#7EC5C9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.97:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 10Light skyblue · ΔE 10.3Sky blue · ΔE 13.3Light blue · ΔE 17.7Thistle · ΔE 22.6Powder blue · ΔE 22.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 9.97, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E5C097
Analogous#97E3E5, #9997E5
Triadic#E597BC, #BCE597
Split complementary#E59997, #E3E597
Tetradic#E597E3, #E5C097, #97E599

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E9F1F9
Lighter +10%#C0D6EF
Darker −10%#6EA2DB
Darker −20%#4587D1
Darker −30%#2D6EB6
Darker −40%#23558D
More saturated +25%#87BBF5
Less saturated −25%#A7BDD5

Channel breakdown

R151
G188
B229
Red151 (59.2%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue229 (89.8%)
Hue211.54°
Saturation (HSL)60%
Lightness74.51%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 97 · G BC · B E5

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