Recognised as Colour

#609B83

#609B83
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Cadetblue

#609B83 is a cyan with RGB values 96, 155, 131 and HSL 156°, 24%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#609B83#609B83

HEX#609B83

RGBrgb(96, 155, 131)

RGB (0–1)0.3765, 0.6078, 0.5137

RGB percentages37.6%, 60.8%, 51.4%

HSLhsl(155.6, 23.5%, 49.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(155.6, 38.1%, 60.8%)

CMYK38.1%, 0%, 15.5%, 39.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,331,267

CSS custom property--colour: #609B83;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27568WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness137.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.51:1

Contrast with white3.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.51:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8D8D8D

Inverted#9F647C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#999382no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#8F8C84no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.6 from the original

Tritanopia#509B94no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.22:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.51:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 15 Dark seagreen · ΔE 17.1 Dark cyan · ΔE 18.1 Light seagreen · ΔE 19.1 Teal · ΔE 19.2 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 21.1

Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 15.01, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#9B6078

Analogous#609B66, #60959B

Triadic#83609B, #9B8360

Split complementary#9B6095, #9B6660

Tetradic#66609B, #9B6078, #959B60

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#DDEAE5

Lighter +30%#BED6CC

Lighter +20%#9EC3B4

Lighter +10%#7FAF9C

Darker −10%#4C7C68

Darker −20%#395C4E

Darker −30%#253D33

Darker −40%#121D19

More saturated +25%#41BA89

Less saturated −25%#7E7E7E

Channel breakdown

R96

G155

B131

Red96 (37.6%)

Green155 (60.8%)

Blue131 (51.4%)

Hue155.59°

Saturation (HSL)23.51%

Lightness49.22%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 60 · G 9B · B 83

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Colour values

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