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Recognised as Colour

#97CDC8

  • #97CDC8
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#97CDC8 is a cyan with RGB values 151, 205, 200 and HSL 174°, 35%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#97CDC8#97CDC8
HEX#97CDC8
RGBrgb(151, 205, 200)
RGB (0–1)0.5922, 0.8039, 0.7843
RGB percentages59.2%, 80.4%, 78.4%
HSLhsl(174.4, 35.1%, 69.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(174.4, 26.3%, 80.4%)
CMYK26.3%, 0%, 2.4%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,948,616
CSS custom property--colour: #97CDC8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54412WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness189.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.88:1
Contrast with white1.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C1C1C1
Inverted#683237

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C7C7C8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#BDC0C9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.2 from the original
Tritanopia#86D0CBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.77:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 9.9Pale turquoise · ΔE 11.9Light blue · ΔE 12.3Cadetblue · ΔE 18.1Sky blue · ΔE 18.5Silver · ΔE 18.7
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 9.88, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CD979C
Analogous#97CDAD, #97B7CD
Triadic#C897CD, #CDC897
Split complementary#CD97B7, #CDAD97
Tetradic#AD97CD, #CD979C, #B7CD97

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FEFFFF
Lighter +20%#DCEEEC
Lighter +10%#B9DEDA
Darker −10%#75BCB6
Darker −20%#52ACA3
Darker −30%#428983
Darker −40%#316762
More saturated +25%#84E0D8
Less saturated −25%#AABAB8

Channel breakdown

R151
G205
B200
Red151 (59.2%)
Green205 (80.4%)
Blue200 (78.4%)
Hue174.44°
Saturation (HSL)35.06%
Lightness69.8%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 97 · G CD · B C8

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