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Recognised as Colour

#60BCD9

  • #60BCD9
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#60BCD9 is a cyan with RGB values 96, 188, 217 and HSL 194°, 61%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#60BCD9#60BCD9
HEX#60BCD9
RGBrgb(96, 188, 217)
RGB (0–1)0.3765, 0.7373, 0.851
RGB percentages37.6%, 73.7%, 85.1%
HSLhsl(194.4, 61.4%, 61.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(194.4, 55.8%, 85.1%)
CMYK55.8%, 13.4%, 0%, 14.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,339,801
CSS custom property--colour: #60BCD9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43463WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness169.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.69:1
Contrast with white2.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ABABAB
Inverted#9F4326

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ABB8DBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#99AAD9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00C5C5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.17:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 8.7Light skyblue · ΔE 12.8Light blue · ΔE 18.5Cadetblue · ΔE 18.8Deep skyblue · ΔE 19.7Light steelblue · ΔE 20.6
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 8.71, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D97D60
Analogous#60D9BA, #6080D9
Triadic#D960BC, #BCD960
Split complementary#D96080, #D9B960
Tetradic#BA60D9, #D97D60, #80D960

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#DBF0F7
Lighter +20%#B2DFED
Lighter +10%#89CDE3
Darker −10%#37ABCF
Darker −20%#298BAA
Darker −30%#1F6A81
Darker −40%#154858
More saturated +25%#47C9F2
Less saturated −25%#79AFC0

Channel breakdown

R96
G188
B217
Red96 (37.6%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue217 (85.1%)
Hue194.38°
Saturation (HSL)61.42%
Lightness61.37%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 60 · G BC · B D9

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