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Recognised as Colour

#60A8BE

  • #60A8BE
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#60A8BE is a cyan with RGB values 96, 168, 190 and HSL 194°, 42%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#60A8BE#60A8BE
HEX#60A8BE
RGBrgb(96, 168, 190)
RGB (0–1)0.3765, 0.6588, 0.7451
RGB percentages37.6%, 65.9%, 74.5%
HSLhsl(194, 42%, 56.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(194, 49.5%, 74.5%)
CMYK49.5%, 11.6%, 0%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,334,654
CSS custom property--colour: #60A8BE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3421WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness153.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.84:1
Contrast with white2.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.84:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9A9A9A
Inverted#9F5741

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9AA4BFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#8C99BEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.5 from the original
Tritanopia#2CAFAFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.68:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 12Sky blue · ΔE 14.5Light slate grey · ΔE 18.4Light skyblue · ΔE 18.7Slate grey · ΔE 20.4Light steelblue · ΔE 20.5
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 11.97, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BE7660
Analogous#60BEA5, #6079BE
Triadic#BE60A8, #A8BE60
Split complementary#BE6079, #BEA560
Tetradic#A560BE, #BE7660, #79BE60

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F1F7F9
Lighter +30%#CDE3EA
Lighter +20%#A8D0DC
Lighter +10%#84BCCD
Darker −10%#4490A7
Darker −20%#357183
Darker −30%#27515E
Darker −40%#18323A
More saturated +25%#44B7DA
Less saturated −25%#7C99A2

Channel breakdown

R96
G168
B190
Red96 (37.6%)
Green168 (65.9%)
Blue190 (74.5%)
Hue194.04°
Saturation (HSL)41.96%
Lightness56.08%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 60 · G A8 · B BE

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