Colour

#97DCF0

#97DCF0
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Sky blue

#97DCF0 is a cyan with RGB values 151, 220, 240 and HSL 193°, 75%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#97DCF0#97DCF0

HEX#97DCF0

RGBrgb(151, 220, 240)

RGB (0–1)0.5922, 0.8627, 0.9412

RGB percentages59.2%, 86.3%, 94.1%

HSLhsl(193.5, 74.8%, 76.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(193.5, 37.1%, 94.1%)

CMYK37.1%, 8.3%, 0%, 5.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,952,496

CSS custom property--colour: #97DCF0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64057WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness204.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.81:1

Contrast with white1.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.81:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CFCFCF

Inverted#68230F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#CFD8F1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19 from the original

Deuteranopia#C1CDF0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20 from the original

Tritanopia#75E3E2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.52:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 6.9 Light blue · ΔE 7.8 Powder blue · ΔE 9.3 Pale turquoise · ΔE 12.3 Light skyblue · ΔE 13.9 Light steelblue · ΔE 16.4

Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 6.92, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#F0AB97

Analogous#97F0D7, #97B0F0

Triadic#F097DC, #DCF097

Split complementary#F097B0, #F0D797

Tetradic#D797F0, #F0AB97, #B0F097

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F0FAFD

Lighter +10%#C4EBF6

Darker −10%#6ACDEA

Darker −20%#3EBEE3

Darker −30%#1EA8D0

Darker −40%#1884A3

More saturated +25%#88E4FF

Less saturated −25%#A6D4E1

Channel breakdown

R151

G220

B240

Red151 (59.2%)

Green220 (86.3%)

Blue240 (94.1%)

Hue193.48°

Saturation (HSL)74.79%

Lightness76.67%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 97 · G DC · B F0

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

#97DCF0

Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

Keep nerding

Harmonies

Lighter and darker

Similar named colours

Nerdulate something else