Colour

#97D7F0

#97D7F0
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Sky blue

#97D7F0 is a cyan with RGB values 151, 215, 240 and HSL 197°, 75%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#97D7F0#97D7F0

HEX#97D7F0

RGBrgb(151, 215, 240)

RGB (0–1)0.5922, 0.8431, 0.9412

RGB percentages59.2%, 84.3%, 94.1%

HSLhsl(196.9, 74.8%, 76.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(196.9, 37.1%, 94.1%)

CMYK37.1%, 10.4%, 0%, 5.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,951,216

CSS custom property--colour: #97D7F0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.61471WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness201.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.29:1

Contrast with white1.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.29:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CBCBCB

Inverted#68280F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C9D4F1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#BBC9F0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.8 from the original

Tritanopia#76DFDFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.58:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.29:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 4.3 Light blue · ΔE 8 Light skyblue · ΔE 10.8 Powder blue · ΔE 11.2 Light steelblue · ΔE 14 Pale turquoise · ΔE 15.4

Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 4.35, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#F0B097

Analogous#97F0DC, #97ABF0

Triadic#F097D7, #D7F097

Split complementary#F097AB, #F0DC97

Tetradic#DC97F0, #F0B097, #AAF097

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F0F9FD

Lighter +10%#C4E8F6

Darker −10%#6AC6EA

Darker −20%#3EB5E3

Darker −30%#1E9ED0

Darker −40%#187CA3

More saturated +25%#88DEFF

Less saturated −25%#A6D0E1

Channel breakdown

R151

G215

B240

Red151 (59.2%)

Green215 (84.3%)

Blue240 (94.1%)

Hue196.85°

Saturation (HSL)74.79%

Lightness76.67%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 97 · G D7 · B F0

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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