Recognised as Colour
#609C8B
- #609C8B
- Cyan
- Dark
- Nearest: Cadetblue
#609C8B is a cyan with RGB values 96, 156, 139 and HSL 163°, 24%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.
Colour values
#609C8B#609C8B
HEX#609C8B
RGBrgb(96, 156, 139)
RGB (0–1)0.3765, 0.6118, 0.5451
RGB percentages37.6%, 61.2%, 54.5%
HSLhsl(163, 23.8%, 49.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(163, 38.5%, 61.2%)
CMYK38.5%, 0%, 10.9%, 38.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,331,531
CSS custom property--colour: #609C8B;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.28128WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness138.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.63:1
Contrast with white3.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.63:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8E8E8E
Inverted#9F6374
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.17:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.63:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#9C6071
Analogous#609C6D, #608F9C
Triadic#8B609C, #9C8B60
Split complementary#9C608F, #9C6D60
Tetradic#6D609C, #9C6071, #8F9C60
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R96
G156
B139
Red96 (37.6%)
Green156 (61.2%)
Blue139 (54.5%)
Hue163°
Saturation (HSL)23.81%
Lightness49.41%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 60 · G 9C · B 8B
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