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Recognised as Colour

#97CED3

  • #97CED3
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#97CED3 is a cyan with RGB values 151, 206, 211 and HSL 185°, 41%, 71%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#97CED3#97CED3
HEX#97CED3
RGBrgb(151, 206, 211)
RGB (0–1)0.5922, 0.8078, 0.8275
RGB percentages59.2%, 80.8%, 82.7%
HSLhsl(185, 40.5%, 71%)
HSV / HSBhsv(185, 28.4%, 82.7%)
CMYK28.4%, 2.4%, 0%, 17.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,948,883
CSS custom property--colour: #97CED3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55425WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness191.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.09:1
Contrast with white1.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.09:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C3C3C3
Inverted#68312C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C6C9D3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#BBC1D3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.1 from the original
Tritanopia#82D2CFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.9 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 text12.09:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 7.3Light blue · ΔE 7.9Pale turquoise · ΔE 11.4Sky blue · ΔE 13.2Light steelblue · ΔE 16.8Cadetblue · ΔE 18.4
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 7.25, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D39C97
Analogous#97D3BA, #97B0D3
Triadic#D397CE, #CED397
Split complementary#D397B0, #D3BA97
Tetradic#BA97D3, #D39C97, #B0D397

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DFF0F1
Lighter +10%#BBDFE2
Darker −10%#73BDC4
Darker −20%#4FACB5
Darker −30%#3E8C93
Darker −40%#2F6A6F
More saturated +25%#84DDE5
Less saturated −25%#AABFC0

Channel breakdown

R151
G206
B211
Red151 (59.2%)
Green206 (80.8%)
Blue211 (82.7%)
Hue185°
Saturation (HSL)40.54%
Lightness70.98%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 97 · G CE · B D3

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