#97FFEC

sRGB · 151 / 255 / 236

#97FFEC belongs to the cyan family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 151 red, 255 green and 236 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 169.0° lands in the cyan region. Its 100.0% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 79.6% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (17.83:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 151, 255, 236
HSL: 169.04°, 100.00%, 79.61%
HSV / HSB: 169.04°, 40.78%, 100.00%
CMYK (approx.): 40.78%, 0.00%, 7.45%, 0.00%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 63.659, 84.153, 92.248
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 93.517, -34.587, -0.412
WCAG relative luminance: 0.84155
24-bit decimal: 9961452

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #97FFEC in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text · 17.83:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text · 1.18:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio. WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#FF97AA sits half a turn (180°) from #97FFEC on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#97FFEC #FF97AA

Analogous

#97FFB8 and #97DEFF sit 30° to either side of #97FFEC. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#97FFB8 #97FFEC #97DEFF

Triadic

#97FFEC, #EC97FF and #FFEC97 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#97FFEC #EC97FF #FFEC97

Split complementary

Start at #97FFEC and look across the wheel. #FF97DE and #FFB897 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#97FFEC #FF97DE #FFB897

Square

Starting with #97FFEC, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #B897FF, #FF97AA, then #DEFF97. Across the square, #97FFEC pairs with #FF97AA, and #B897FF with #DEFF97.

#97FFEC #B897FF #FF97AA #DEFF97

Tetradic

#97FFEC and #FF97AA are opposites, as are #97AAFF and #FFEC97. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#97FFEC #97AAFF #FF97AA #FFEC97

Tints

Mixing #97FFEC with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #ACFFF0, keeps 80% of the original. By #EAFFFB, the mixture is 80% white.

#97FFEC #ACFFF0 #C1FFF4 #D5FFF7 #EAFFFB #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #97FFEC with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #79CCBD, keeps 80% of the original. By #1E332F, the mixture is 80% black.

#97FFEC #79CCBD #5B998E #3C665E #1E332F #000000

Tones

Mixing #97FFEC with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #92E6D6, keeps 80% of the original. By #859996, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#97FFEC #92E6D6 #8ECCC1 #89B3AB #859996 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#97FFEC

RGB

rgb(151 255 236)

HSL

hsl(169.038 100.000% 79.608%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #97FFEC;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#97FFEC uses 151 red, 255 green and 236 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 59.2%

Green 100.0%

Blue 92.5%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #97FFEC is 40.8% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 7.5% yellow and 0.0% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 40.8%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 7.5%

Black 0.0%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #99FFEE. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #9FE in CSS. For a modern design, keep #97FFEC when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #99FFFF, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #99FFEE Nearest web-safe · #99FFFF

Gradient to complement

#97FFEC #A8EEE1 #BADCD6 #CBCBCB #DCBAC0 #EEA8B5 #FF97AA

Color vision previews

Compare how #97FFEC appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#F7F4EB

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#E5E7EE

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#70FFF9

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#DBF7EC

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#D2F0ED

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#96FFF1

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#ECECEC

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#C8F6EC

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.30947 G 1.00000 B 0.83880

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.68870 G 0.98986 B 0.92677

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.43206 G 0.97708 B 0.84143

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.265 y 0.351 Y 84.153

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 40.784 M % 0.000 Y % 7.451

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

10010111 11111111 11101100