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Recognised as Colour

#97BEEC

  • #97BEEC
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#97BEEC is a blue with RGB values 151, 190, 236 and HSL 212°, 69%, 76%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#97BEEC#97BEEC
HEX#97BEEC
RGBrgb(151, 190, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.5922, 0.7451, 0.9255
RGB percentages59.2%, 74.5%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(212.5, 69.1%, 75.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(212.5, 36%, 92.5%)
CMYK36%, 19.5%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,944,812
CSS custom property--colour: #97BEEC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.49462WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness185.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.89:1
Contrast with white1.93:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.89:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B9B9B9
Inverted#684113

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ADBFEEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#A3B7EBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.1 from the original
Tritanopia#7BC8CDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.93:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 9.8Light steelblue · ΔE 12.1Sky blue · ΔE 14.5Light blue · ΔE 19.7Deep skyblue · ΔE 22.3Thistle · ΔE 23.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 9.83, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ECC597
Analogous#97E8EC, #9B97EC
Triadic#EC97BE, #BEEC97
Split complementary#EC9B97, #E8EC97
Tetradic#EC97E8, #ECC597, #97EC9B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EDF4FC
Lighter +10%#C2D9F4
Darker −10%#6CA3E4
Darker −20%#4188DC
Darker −30%#246EC6
Darker −40%#1C569B
More saturated +25%#88BDFB
Less saturated −25%#A6BFDD

Channel breakdown

R151
G190
B236
Red151 (59.2%)
Green190 (74.5%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue212.47°
Saturation (HSL)69.11%
Lightness75.88%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 97 · G BE · B EC

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