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Recognised as Colour

#60A3FF

  • #60A3FF
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#60A3FF is a blue with RGB values 96, 163, 255 and HSL 215°, 100%, 69%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#60A3FF#60A3FF
HEX#60A3FF
RGBrgb(96, 163, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.3765, 0.6392, 1
RGB percentages37.6%, 63.9%, 100%
HSLhsl(214.7, 100%, 68.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(214.7, 62.4%, 100%)
CMYK62.4%, 36.1%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,333,439
CSS custom property--colour: #60A3FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35901WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness160.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.18:1
Contrast with white2.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9B9B9B
Inverted#9F5C00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7BAAFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#659BFDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.7 from the original
Tritanopia#00B8C5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.57:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 6.1Dodgerblue · ΔE 13.9Steel blue · ΔE 26.4Deep skyblue · ΔE 26.5Royal blue · ΔE 30.3Light skyblue · ΔE 32
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 6.09, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FFBC60
Analogous#60F2FF, #6C60FF
Triadic#FF60A3, #A3FF60
Split complementary#FF6D60, #F2FF60
Tetradic#FF60F3, #FFBC60, #60FF6D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F9FCFF
Lighter +20%#C6DEFF
Lighter +10%#93C1FF
Darker −10%#2D85FF
Darker −20%#0069F9
Darker −30%#0053C6
Darker −40%#003E93
More saturated +25%#60A3FF
Less saturated −25%#74A6EB

Channel breakdown

R96
G163
B255
Red96 (37.6%)
Green163 (63.9%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue214.72°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness68.82%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 60 · G A3 · B FF

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