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Recognised as Colour

#97E7FA

  • #97E7FA
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#97E7FA is a cyan with RGB values 151, 231, 250 and HSL 192°, 91%, 79%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#97E7FA#97E7FA
HEX#97E7FA
RGBrgb(151, 231, 250)
RGB (0–1)0.5922, 0.9059, 0.9804
RGB percentages59.2%, 90.6%, 98%
HSLhsl(191.5, 90.8%, 78.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(191.5, 39.6%, 98%)
CMYK39.6%, 7.6%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,955,322
CSS custom property--colour: #97E7FA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70633WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness212.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.13:1
Contrast with white1.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.13:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D7D7D7
Inverted#681805

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D9E2FBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#C9D6FAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.9 from the original
Tritanopia#6EEFEDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.39:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.13:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 10.4Powder blue · ΔE 10.6Pale turquoise · ΔE 10.9Light blue · ΔE 11Light skyblue · ΔE 16.5Light cyan · ΔE 19.8
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 10.43, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FAAA97
Analogous#97FADB, #97B6FA
Triadic#FA97E7, #E7FA97
Split complementary#FA97B5, #FADB97
Tetradic#DC97FA, #FAAA97, #B6FA97

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F8FDFF
Lighter +10%#C8F2FC
Darker −10%#66DCF8
Darker −20%#36D1F5
Darker −30%#0BC1ED
Darker −40%#099ABC
More saturated +25%#92EAFF
Less saturated −25%#A5DFEC

Channel breakdown

R151
G231
B250
Red151 (59.2%)
Green231 (90.6%)
Blue250 (98%)
Hue191.52°
Saturation (HSL)90.83%
Lightness78.63%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 97 · G E7 · B FA

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