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Recognised as Colour

#97E0DE

  • #97E0DE
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#97E0DE is a cyan with RGB values 151, 224, 222 and HSL 178°, 54%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#97E0DE#97E0DE
HEX#97E0DE
RGBrgb(151, 224, 222)
RGB (0–1)0.5922, 0.8784, 0.8706
RGB percentages59.2%, 87.8%, 87.1%
HSLhsl(178.4, 54.1%, 73.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(178.4, 32.6%, 87.8%)
CMYK32.6%, 0%, 0.9%, 12.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,953,502
CSS custom property--colour: #97E0DE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.65165WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness204.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.03:1
Contrast with white1.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D0D0D0
Inverted#681F21

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D7D9DEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#CACFDFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.5 from the original
Tritanopia#7CE4DFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.5:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 6.4Powder blue · ΔE 9.2Light blue · ΔE 13.2Medium turquoise · ΔE 16.4Sky blue · ΔE 17.9Light cyan · ΔE 18.8
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 6.43, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E09799
Analogous#97E0BA, #97BDE0
Triadic#DE97E0, #E0DE97
Split complementary#E097BD, #E0BA97
Tetradic#BA97E0, #E09799, #BEE097

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E6F7F7
Lighter +10%#BEECEA
Darker −10%#70D4D2
Darker −20%#48C9C5
Darker −30%#33ABA8
Darker −40%#278481
More saturated +25%#86F1EE
Less saturated −25%#A8CFCE

Channel breakdown

R151
G224
B222
Red151 (59.2%)
Green224 (87.8%)
Blue222 (87.1%)
Hue178.36°
Saturation (HSL)54.07%
Lightness73.53%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 97 · G E0 · B DE

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