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Recognised as Colour

#60C3E8

  • #60C3E8
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#60C3E8 is a cyan with RGB values 96, 195, 232 and HSL 196°, 75%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#60C3E8#60C3E8
HEX#60C3E8
RGBrgb(96, 195, 232)
RGB (0–1)0.3765, 0.7647, 0.9098
RGB percentages37.6%, 76.5%, 91%
HSLhsl(196.3, 74.7%, 64.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(196.3, 58.6%, 91%)
CMYK58.6%, 15.9%, 0%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,341,608
CSS custom property--colour: #60C3E8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47343WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness176.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.47:1
Contrast with white2.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.47:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B1B1B1
Inverted#9F3C17

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AFBFEAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#9BB1E8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00CECFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.01:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.47:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 8.4Light skyblue · ΔE 9.4Deep skyblue · ΔE 15.5Light blue · ΔE 19.8Light steelblue · ΔE 21.3Powder blue · ΔE 22.9
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 8.39, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E88560
Analogous#60E8C9, #607FE8
Triadic#E860C3, #C3E860
Split complementary#E8607F, #E8C960
Tetradic#C960E8, #E88560, #7FE860

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E6F5FB
Lighter +20%#B9E5F5
Lighter +10%#8DD4EE
Darker −10%#33B2E2
Darker −20%#1D97C5
Darker −30%#167599
Darker −40%#10536C
More saturated +25%#49CDFF
Less saturated −25%#77B9D1

Channel breakdown

R96
G195
B232
Red96 (37.6%)
Green195 (76.5%)
Blue232 (91%)
Hue196.32°
Saturation (HSL)74.73%
Lightness64.31%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 60 · G C3 · B E8

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