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Recognised as Colour

#97D9CB

  • #97D9CB
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#97D9CB is a cyan with RGB values 151, 217, 203 and HSL 167°, 46%, 72%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#97D9CB#97D9CB
HEX#97D9CB
RGBrgb(151, 217, 203)
RGB (0–1)0.5922, 0.851, 0.7961
RGB percentages59.2%, 85.1%, 79.6%
HSLhsl(167.3, 46.5%, 72.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(167.3, 30.4%, 85.1%)
CMYK30.4%, 0%, 6.5%, 14.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,951,691
CSS custom property--colour: #97D9CB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60517WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness197.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.1:1
Contrast with white1.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.1:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CACACA
Inverted#682634

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D4D1CAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#C8C9CCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.1 from the original
Tritanopia#83DBD5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.6:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.1:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 11.1Powder blue · ΔE 13.3Medium turquoise · ΔE 16.9Light blue · ΔE 17.5Medium aquamarine · ΔE 17.8Dark seagreen · ΔE 20.4
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 11.14, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D997A5
Analogous#97D9AA, #97C6D9
Triadic#CB97D9, #D9CB97
Split complementary#D997C6, #D9AA97
Tetradic#AA97D9, #D997A5, #C6D997

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E2F4F0
Lighter +10%#BCE7DE
Darker −10%#72CBB8
Darker −20%#4CBEA6
Darker −30%#3A9D88
Darker −40%#2C7868
More saturated +25%#85EBD5
Less saturated −25%#A9C7C1

Channel breakdown

R151
G217
B203
Red151 (59.2%)
Green217 (85.1%)
Blue203 (79.6%)
Hue167.27°
Saturation (HSL)46.48%
Lightness72.16%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 97 · G D9 · B CB

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