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Recognised as Colour

#97CECF

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

#97CECF is a cyan with RGB values 151, 206, 207 and HSL 181°, 37%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#97CECF#97CECF
HEX#97CECF
RGBrgb(151, 206, 207)
RGB (0–1)0.5922, 0.8078, 0.8118
RGB percentages59.2%, 80.8%, 81.2%
HSLhsl(181.1, 36.8%, 70.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(181.1, 27.1%, 81.2%)
CMYK27.1%, 0.5%, 0%, 18.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,948,879
CSS custom property--colour: #97CECF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55227WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness191.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.05:1
Contrast with white1.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C2C2C2
Inverted#683130

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C7C9CFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#BCC1D0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.7 from the original
Tritanopia#84D2CEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.74:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.05:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 7.9Light blue · ΔE 9.6Pale turquoise · ΔE 11.1Sky blue · ΔE 15.3Cadetblue · ΔE 18.2Light steelblue · ΔE 18.5
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 7.9, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CF9897
Analogous#97CFB4, #97B2CF
Triadic#CF97CE, #CECF97
Split complementary#CF97B2, #CFB497
Tetradic#B497CF, #CF9897, #B2CF97

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DDEFEF
Lighter +10%#BADEDF
Darker −10%#74BEBF
Darker −20%#51ADAF
Darker −30%#418B8C
Darker −40%#316869
More saturated +25%#84E0E2
Less saturated −25%#AABCBC

Channel breakdown

R151
G206
B207
Red151 (59.2%)
Green206 (80.8%)
Blue207 (81.2%)
Hue181.07°
Saturation (HSL)36.84%
Lightness70.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 97 · G CE · B CF

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