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Recognised as Colour

#97D8FB

  • #97D8FB
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#97D8FB is a blue with RGB values 151, 216, 251 and HSL 201°, 93%, 79%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#97D8FB#97D8FB
HEX#97D8FB
RGBrgb(151, 216, 251)
RGB (0–1)0.5922, 0.8471, 0.9843
RGB percentages59.2%, 84.7%, 98.4%
HSLhsl(201, 92.6%, 78.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(201, 39.8%, 98.4%)
CMYK39.8%, 13.9%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,951,483
CSS custom property--colour: #97D8FB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.62656WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness203.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.53:1
Contrast with white1.55:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.53:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CDCDCD
Inverted#682704

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C7D6FDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#B9CBFBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.3 from the original
Tritanopia#70E2E3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.55:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.53:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 5.5Light skyblue · ΔE 6.2Light blue · ΔE 12.1Light steelblue · ΔE 14.3Powder blue · ΔE 16Pale turquoise · ΔE 20
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 5.51, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FBBA97
Analogous#97FBEC, #97A6FB
Triadic#FB97D8, #D8FB97
Split complementary#FB97A6, #FBEC97
Tetradic#EC97FB, #FBBA97, #A6FB97

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F9FDFF
Lighter +10%#C8EAFD
Darker −10%#66C6F9
Darker −20%#35B3F7
Darker −30%#099FF0
Darker −40%#077FBF
More saturated +25%#93D9FF
Less saturated −25%#A5D4EE

Channel breakdown

R151
G216
B251
Red151 (59.2%)
Green216 (84.7%)
Blue251 (98.4%)
Hue201°
Saturation (HSL)92.59%
Lightness78.82%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 97 · G D8 · B FB

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