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Recognised as Colour

#60AEA6

  • #60AEA6
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#60AEA6 is a cyan with RGB values 96, 174, 166 and HSL 174°, 33%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#60AEA6#60AEA6
HEX#60AEA6
RGBrgb(96, 174, 166)
RGB (0–1)0.3765, 0.6824, 0.651
RGB percentages37.6%, 68.2%, 65.1%
HSLhsl(173.8, 32.5%, 52.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(173.8, 44.8%, 68.2%)
CMYK44.8%, 0%, 4.6%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,336,166
CSS custom property--colour: #60AEA6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35512WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness153.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.1:1
Contrast with white2.59:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.1:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9D9D9D
Inverted#9F5159

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A7A7A6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#999DA7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.7 from the original
Tritanopia#3DB1ABno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.59:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.1:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 9Light seagreen · ΔE 11.9Dark cyan · ΔE 15.7Medium turquoise · ΔE 16.4Teal · ΔE 18.8Medium aquamarine · ΔE 19.5
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 9.03, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AE6068
Analogous#60AE7F, #608FAE
Triadic#A660AE, #AEA660
Split complementary#AE608F, #AE7F60
Tetradic#7F60AE, #AE6068, #8FAE60

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E7F3F2
Lighter +30%#C5E2DF
Lighter +20%#A4D0CC
Lighter +10%#82BFB9
Darker −10%#4A918A
Darker −20%#396F6A
Darker −30%#274E4A
Darker −40%#162C2A
More saturated +25%#42CCBE
Less saturated −25%#7E908E

Channel breakdown

R96
G174
B166
Red96 (37.6%)
Green174 (68.2%)
Blue166 (65.1%)
Hue173.85°
Saturation (HSL)32.5%
Lightness52.94%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 60 · G AE · B A6

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