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Colour

#97DDD8

  • #97DDD8
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#97DDD8 is a cyan with RGB values 151, 221, 216 and HSL 176°, 51%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#97DDD8#97DDD8
HEX#97DDD8
RGBrgb(151, 221, 216)
RGB (0–1)0.5922, 0.8667, 0.8471
RGB percentages59.2%, 86.7%, 84.7%
HSLhsl(175.7, 50.7%, 72.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(175.7, 31.7%, 86.7%)
CMYK31.7%, 0%, 2.3%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,952,728
CSS custom property--colour: #97DDD8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6325WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness202 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.65:1
Contrast with white1.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.65:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CECECE
Inverted#682227

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D5D6D8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#C8CCD9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.1 from the original
Tritanopia#7EE1DBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.54:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.65:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 7.5Powder blue · ΔE 9.8Light blue · ΔE 13.8Medium turquoise · ΔE 16.4Sky blue · ΔE 19.1Light cyan · ΔE 19.3
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 7.48, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DD979C
Analogous#97DDB5, #97BFDD
Triadic#D897DD, #DDD897
Split complementary#DD97BF, #DDB597
Tetradic#B597DD, #DD979C, #BFDD97

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E4F6F5
Lighter +10%#BDEAE6
Darker −10%#71D0CA
Darker −20%#4AC4BB
Darker −30%#36A59D
Darker −40%#297F79
More saturated +25%#86EEE7
Less saturated −25%#A8CCC9

Channel breakdown

R151
G221
B216
Red151 (59.2%)
Green221 (86.7%)
Blue216 (84.7%)
Hue175.71°
Saturation (HSL)50.72%
Lightness72.94%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 97 · G DD · B D8

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