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Recognised as Colour

#97CFDC

  • #97CFDC
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#97CFDC is a cyan with RGB values 151, 207, 220 and HSL 191°, 50%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#97CFDC#97CFDC
HEX#97CFDC
RGBrgb(151, 207, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.5922, 0.8118, 0.8627
RGB percentages59.2%, 81.2%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(191.3, 49.6%, 72.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(191.3, 31.4%, 86.3%)
CMYK31.4%, 5.9%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,949,148
CSS custom property--colour: #97CFDC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.56372WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness193.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.27:1
Contrast with white1.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C4C4C4
Inverted#683023

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C5CBDDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#B9C2DCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.2 from the original
Tritanopia#7FD5D3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.71:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 5.7Powder blue · ΔE 7.6Sky blue · ΔE 9.1Pale turquoise · ΔE 12.7Light steelblue · ΔE 14Light skyblue · ΔE 16.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 5.7, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DCA497
Analogous#97DCC7, #97ACDC
Triadic#DC97CF, #CFDC97
Split complementary#DC97AC, #DCC797
Tetradic#C797DC, #DCA497, #ADDC97

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E3F2F6
Lighter +10%#BDE1E9
Darker −10%#71BDCF
Darker −20%#4BACC2
Darker −30%#378FA3
Darker −40%#2A6D7D
More saturated +25%#86DAED
Less saturated −25%#A8C4CB

Channel breakdown

R151
G207
B220
Red151 (59.2%)
Green207 (81.2%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue191.3°
Saturation (HSL)49.64%
Lightness72.75%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 97 · G CF · B DC

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