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Recognised as Colour

#97E2FD

  • #97E2FD
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#97E2FD is a cyan with RGB values 151, 226, 253 and HSL 196°, 96%, 79%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#97E2FD#97E2FD
HEX#97E2FD
RGBrgb(151, 226, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.5922, 0.8863, 0.9922
RGB percentages59.2%, 88.6%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(195.9, 96.2%, 79.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(195.9, 40.3%, 99.2%)
CMYK40.3%, 10.7%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,954,045
CSS custom property--colour: #97E2FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68064WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness210 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.61:1
Contrast with white1.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.61:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D4D4D4
Inverted#681D02

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D2DEFEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#C3D2FDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.6 from the original
Tritanopia#6EEBEAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.44:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 7.1Light blue · ΔE 10.8Light skyblue · ΔE 11.7Powder blue · ΔE 12.6Pale turquoise · ΔE 14.9Light steelblue · ΔE 17.8
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 7.08, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FDB297
Analogous#97FDE5, #97AFFD
Triadic#FD97E2, #E2FD97
Split complementary#FD97AF, #FDE597
Tetradic#E597FD, #FDB297, #AFFD97

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FBFEFF
Lighter +10%#C9F0FE
Darker −10%#65D4FC
Darker −20%#33C6FB
Darker −30%#05B6F6
Darker −40%#0491C4
More saturated +25%#95E3FF
Less saturated −25%#A4DCF0

Channel breakdown

R151
G226
B253
Red151 (59.2%)
Green226 (88.6%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue195.88°
Saturation (HSL)96.23%
Lightness79.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 97 · G E2 · B FD

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