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Recognised as Colour

#60B9AD

  • #60B9AD
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#60B9AD is a cyan with RGB values 96, 185, 173 and HSL 172°, 39%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#60B9AD#60B9AD
HEX#60B9AD
RGBrgb(96, 185, 173)
RGB (0–1)0.3765, 0.7255, 0.6784
RGB percentages37.6%, 72.5%, 67.8%
HSLhsl(171.9, 38.9%, 55.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(171.9, 48.1%, 72.5%)
CMYK48.1%, 0%, 6.5%, 27.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,338,989
CSS custom property--colour: #60B9AD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40202WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness162 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.04:1
Contrast with white2.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A5A5A5
Inverted#9F4652

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B2B0ADno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#A3A6AEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.3 from the original
Tritanopia#34BCB5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.32:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 9.7Medium turquoise · ΔE 12.3Cadetblue · ΔE 14.1Medium aquamarine · ΔE 14.9Dark turquoise · ΔE 16.4Turquoise · ΔE 18.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 9.67, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B9606C
Analogous#60B981, #6099B9
Triadic#AD60B9, #B9AD60
Split complementary#B96099, #B98160
Tetradic#8060B9, #B9606C, #99B960

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EEF7F6
Lighter +30%#CAE8E4
Lighter +20%#A7D8D2
Lighter +10%#83C9BF
Darker −10%#46A094
Darker −20%#377C73
Darker −30%#275952
Darker −40%#183531
More saturated +25%#43D6C2
Less saturated −25%#7D9C98

Channel breakdown

R96
G185
B173
Red96 (37.6%)
Green185 (72.5%)
Blue173 (67.8%)
Hue171.91°
Saturation (HSL)38.86%
Lightness55.1%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 60 · G B9 · B AD

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