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Recognised as Colour

#60BAEF

  • #60BAEF
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#60BAEF is a blue with RGB values 96, 186, 239 and HSL 202°, 82%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#60BAEF#60BAEF
HEX#60BAEF
RGBrgb(96, 186, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.3765, 0.7294, 0.9373
RGB percentages37.6%, 72.9%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(202.2, 81.7%, 65.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(202.2, 59.8%, 93.7%)
CMYK59.8%, 22.2%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,339,311
CSS custom property--colour: #60BAEF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43837WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness172 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.77:1
Contrast with white2.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.77:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ABABAB
Inverted#9F4510

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A1B9F2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#8EAAEEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.1 from the original
Tritanopia#00C8CCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.15:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 9.7Deep skyblue · ΔE 10.1Sky blue · ΔE 15.3Steel blue · ΔE 21.2Light steelblue · ΔE 22.7Light blue · ΔE 25.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 9.68, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EF9560
Analogous#60EFDD, #6072EF
Triadic#EF60BA, #BAEF60
Split complementary#EF6072, #EFDD60
Tetradic#DD60EF, #EF9560, #73EF60

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EBF6FD
Lighter +20%#BDE2F8
Lighter +10%#8ECEF4
Darker −10%#32A6EA
Darker −20%#158DD4
Darker −30%#116EA5
Darker −40%#0C4F77
More saturated +25%#50BEFF
Less saturated −25%#76B4D9

Channel breakdown

R96
G186
B239
Red96 (37.6%)
Green186 (72.9%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue202.24°
Saturation (HSL)81.71%
Lightness65.69%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 60 · G BA · B EF

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