Colour

#97D9E7

#97D9E7
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Light blue

#97D9E7 is a cyan with RGB values 151, 217, 231 and HSL 191°, 63%, 75%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#97D9E7#97D9E7

HEX#97D9E7

RGBrgb(151, 217, 231)

RGB (0–1)0.5922, 0.851, 0.9059

RGB percentages59.2%, 85.1%, 90.6%

HSLhsl(190.5, 62.5%, 74.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(190.5, 34.6%, 90.6%)

CMYK34.6%, 6.1%, 0%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,951,719

CSS custom property--colour: #97D9E7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.61975WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness201.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.39:1

Contrast with white1.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.39:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CCCCCC

Inverted#682618

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#CDD4E8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#C0CAE7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20 from the original

Tritanopia#79DFDDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.57:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 6.8 Powder blue · ΔE 7.2 Sky blue · ΔE 9 Pale turquoise · ΔE 10.3 Light skyblue · ΔE 16.7 Light steelblue · ΔE 16.8

Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 6.84, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#E7A597

Analogous#97E7CD, #97B1E7

Triadic#E797D9, #D9E797

Split complementary#E797B1, #E7CD97

Tetradic#CD97E7, #E7A597, #B1E797

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#EAF7FA

Lighter +10%#C0E8F1

Darker −10%#6ECADD

Darker −20%#44BBD4

Darker −30%#2BA1BA

Darker −40%#217D91

More saturated +25%#87E3F7

Less saturated −25%#A7CFD7

Channel breakdown

R151

G217

B231

Red151 (59.2%)

Green217 (85.1%)

Blue231 (90.6%)

Hue190.5°

Saturation (HSL)62.5%

Lightness74.9%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 97 · G D9 · B E7

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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