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Recognised as Colour

#97CEF5

  • #97CEF5
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#97CEF5 is a blue with RGB values 151, 206, 245 and HSL 205°, 82%, 78%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#97CEF5#97CEF5
HEX#97CEF5
RGBrgb(151, 206, 245)
RGB (0–1)0.5922, 0.8078, 0.9608
RGB percentages59.2%, 80.8%, 96.1%
HSLhsl(204.9, 82.5%, 77.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(204.9, 38.4%, 96.1%)
CMYK38.4%, 15.9%, 0%, 3.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,948,917
CSS custom property--colour: #97CEF5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.57314WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness196.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.46:1
Contrast with white1.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.46:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C5C5C5
Inverted#68310A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BDCDF7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#B0C3F4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.7 from the original
Tritanopia#75D8DBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.69:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.46:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 4.6Sky blue · ΔE 7.6Light steelblue · ΔE 12Light blue · ΔE 14Powder blue · ΔE 18.7Deep skyblue · ΔE 21.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 4.59, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F5BE97
Analogous#97F5ED, #979FF5
Triadic#F597CE, #CEF597
Split complementary#F5979F, #F5ED97
Tetradic#ED97F5, #F5BE97, #9FF597

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F4FAFE
Lighter +10%#C6E4F9
Darker −10%#68B8F1
Darker −20%#3AA2EC
Darker −30%#158BDE
Darker −40%#116DAF
More saturated +25%#8DD0FF
Less saturated −25%#A5CCE7

Channel breakdown

R151
G206
B245
Red151 (59.2%)
Green206 (80.8%)
Blue245 (96.1%)
Hue204.89°
Saturation (HSL)82.46%
Lightness77.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 97 · G CE · B F5

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