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Recognised as Colour

#97BDB6

  • #97BDB6
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#97BDB6 is a cyan with RGB values 151, 189, 182 and HSL 169°, 22%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#97BDB6#97BDB6
HEX#97BDB6
RGBrgb(151, 189, 182)
RGB (0–1)0.5922, 0.7412, 0.7137
RGB percentages59.2%, 74.1%, 71.4%
HSLhsl(168.9, 22.4%, 66.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(168.9, 20.1%, 74.1%)
CMYK20.1%, 0%, 3.7%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,944,502
CSS custom property--colour: #97BDB6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.46352WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness177.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.27:1
Contrast with white2.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B4B4B4
Inverted#684249

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B9B8B6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#B2B3B7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.6 from the original
Tritanopia#8DBFBBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.04:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 14.4Silver · ΔE 14.7Dark grey · ΔE 14.9Light blue · ΔE 15.1Cadetblue · ΔE 15.4Light grey · ΔE 17.8
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 14.38, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BD979E
Analogous#97BDA3, #97B1BD
Triadic#B697BD, #BDB697
Split complementary#BD97B1, #BDA397
Tetradic#A397BD, #BD979E, #B1BD97

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F5F8F8
Lighter +20%#D5E5E2
Lighter +10%#B6D1CC
Darker −10%#78A9A0
Darker −20%#5C9288
Darker −30%#49726B
Darker −40%#35534E
More saturated +25%#82D2C3
Less saturated −25%#AAAAAA

Channel breakdown

R151
G189
B182
Red151 (59.2%)
Green189 (74.1%)
Blue182 (71.4%)
Hue168.95°
Saturation (HSL)22.35%
Lightness66.67%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 97 · G BD · B B6

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