Colour

#97C8D2

#97C8D2
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Light blue

#97C8D2 is a cyan with RGB values 151, 200, 210 and HSL 190°, 40%, 71%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#97C8D2#97C8D2

HEX#97C8D2

RGBrgb(151, 200, 210)

RGB (0–1)0.5922, 0.7843, 0.8235

RGB percentages59.2%, 78.4%, 82.4%

HSLhsl(190.2, 39.6%, 70.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(190.2, 28.1%, 82.4%)

CMYK28.1%, 4.8%, 0%, 17.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,947,346

CSS custom property--colour: #97C8D2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52541WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness187.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.51:1

Contrast with white1.82:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.51:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BEBEBE

Inverted#68372D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#BFC4D3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#B5BCD2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.8 from the original

Tritanopia#84CDCBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.82:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.51:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 6.9 Powder blue · ΔE 8.8 Sky blue · ΔE 11.3 Light steelblue · ΔE 13.4 Pale turquoise · ΔE 14.3 Silver · ΔE 17

Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 6.91, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#D2A197

Analogous#97D2BE, #97AAD2

Triadic#D297C8, #C8D297

Split complementary#D297AB, #D2BE97

Tetradic#BE97D2, #D2A197, #AAD297

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#DEEEF1

Lighter +10%#BBDBE1

Darker −10%#73B5C3

Darker −20%#50A2B3

Darker −30%#3F8391

Darker −40%#2F636E

More saturated +25%#84D4E5

Less saturated −25%#AABCBF

Channel breakdown

R151

G200

B210

Red151 (59.2%)

Green200 (78.4%)

Blue210 (82.4%)

Hue190.17°

Saturation (HSL)39.6%

Lightness70.78%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 97 · G C8 · B D2

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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