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Recognised as Colour

#97ECE2

  • #97ECE2
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#97ECE2 is a cyan with RGB values 151, 236, 226 and HSL 173°, 69%, 76%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#97ECE2#97ECE2
HEX#97ECE2
RGBrgb(151, 236, 226)
RGB (0–1)0.5922, 0.9255, 0.8863
RGB percentages59.2%, 92.5%, 88.6%
HSLhsl(172.9, 69.1%, 75.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(172.9, 36%, 92.5%)
CMYK36%, 0%, 4.2%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,956,578
CSS custom property--colour: #97ECE2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72061WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness212.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.41:1
Contrast with white1.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.41:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9
Inverted#68131D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E4E3E2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#D5D8E3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.1 from the original
Tritanopia#78F0E9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.36:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 9.1Powder blue · ΔE 14.7Medium turquoise · ΔE 15.4Turquoise · ΔE 17.5Light blue · ΔE 19.3Medium aquamarine · ΔE 19.9
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 9.06, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EC97A1
Analogous#97ECB7, #97CCEC
Triadic#E297EC, #ECE297
Split complementary#EC97CC, #ECB797
Tetradic#B797EC, #EC97A1, #CCEC97

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EDFCFA
Lighter +10%#C2F4EE
Darker −10%#6CE4D6
Darker −20%#41DCCA
Darker −30%#24C6B3
Darker −40%#1C9B8C
More saturated +25%#88FBEE
Less saturated −25%#A6DDD6

Channel breakdown

R151
G236
B226
Red151 (59.2%)
Green236 (92.5%)
Blue226 (88.6%)
Hue172.94°
Saturation (HSL)69.11%
Lightness75.88%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 97 · G EC · B E2

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