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Recognised as Colour

#60BBF0

  • #60BBF0
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#60BBF0 is a blue with RGB values 96, 187, 240 and HSL 202°, 83%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#60BBF0#60BBF0
HEX#60BBF0
RGBrgb(96, 187, 240)
RGB (0–1)0.3765, 0.7333, 0.9412
RGB percentages37.6%, 73.3%, 94.1%
HSLhsl(202.1, 82.8%, 65.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(202.1, 60%, 94.1%)
CMYK60%, 22.1%, 0%, 5.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,339,568
CSS custom property--colour: #60BBF0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44319WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness172.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.86:1
Contrast with white2.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.86:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ABABAB
Inverted#9F440F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A2BAF3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#8EABEFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.1 from the original
Tritanopia#00C9CDno 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 text2.13:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 9.5Deep skyblue · ΔE 9.9Sky blue · ΔE 15.1Steel blue · ΔE 21.6Light steelblue · ΔE 22.8Light blue · ΔE 25.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 9.48, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F09560
Analogous#60F0DD, #6073F0
Triadic#F060BB, #BBF060
Split complementary#F06073, #F0DD60
Tetradic#DD60F0, #F09560, #73F060

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#ECF7FD
Lighter +20%#BDE3F9
Lighter +10%#8FCFF4
Darker −10%#31A7EC
Darker −20%#148FD6
Darker −30%#106FA7
Darker −40%#0B5079
More saturated +25%#51BFFF
Less saturated −25%#76B5DA

Channel breakdown

R96
G187
B240
Red96 (37.6%)
Green187 (73.3%)
Blue240 (94.1%)
Hue202.08°
Saturation (HSL)82.76%
Lightness65.88%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 60 · G BB · B F0

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