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Colour

#60BCED

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

#60BCED is a blue with RGB values 96, 188, 237 and HSL 201°, 80%, 65%. 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

#60BCED#60BCED
HEX#60BCED
RGBrgb(96, 188, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.3765, 0.7373, 0.9294
RGB percentages37.6%, 73.7%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(200.9, 79.7%, 65.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(200.9, 59.5%, 92.9%)
CMYK59.5%, 20.7%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,339,821
CSS custom property--colour: #60BCED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44568WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness172.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.91:1
Contrast with white2.12:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.91:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ACACAC
Inverted#9F4312

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A4BAEFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#91ACECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00C9CCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.12:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 8.6Deep skyblue · ΔE 10.9Sky blue · ΔE 13.2Light steelblue · ΔE 21.9Steel blue · ΔE 22.1Light blue · ΔE 24
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 8.58, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ED9160
Analogous#60EDD8, #6076ED
Triadic#ED60BC, #BCED60
Split complementary#ED6076, #EDD760
Tetradic#D760ED, #ED9160, #76ED60

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E9F6FD
Lighter +20%#BCE3F7
Lighter +10%#8ECFF2
Darker −10%#32A9E8
Darker −20%#1790D0
Darker −30%#1270A2
Darker −40%#0D5074
More saturated +25%#4EC1FF
Less saturated −25%#76B5D7

Channel breakdown

R96
G188
B237
Red96 (37.6%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue200.85°
Saturation (HSL)79.66%
Lightness65.29%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 60 · G BC · B ED

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