Colour

#60E3E9

#60E3E9
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Medium turquoise

#60E3E9 is a cyan with RGB values 96, 227, 233 and HSL 183°, 76%, 65%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium turquoise.

Colour values

#60E3E9#60E3E9

HEX#60E3E9

RGBrgb(96, 227, 233)

RGB (0–1)0.3765, 0.8902, 0.9137

RGB percentages37.6%, 89%, 91.4%

HSLhsl(182.6, 75.7%, 64.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(182.6, 58.8%, 91.4%)

CMYK58.8%, 2.6%, 0%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,349,801

CSS custom property--colour: #60E3E9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.63308WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness198 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.66:1

Contrast with white1.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.66:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C8C8C8

Inverted#9F1C16

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D4DAEAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#BFCAEAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37 from the original

Tritanopia#00EAE4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.54:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.66:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 9.3 Dark turquoise · ΔE 10.3 Turquoise · ΔE 14.2 Aqua · ΔE 16 Cyan · ΔE 16 Pale turquoise · ΔE 17.3

Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 9.26, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#E96660

Analogous#60E9AB, #609EE9

Triadic#E960E3, #E3E960

Split complementary#E9609E, #E9AB60

Tetradic#AB60E9, #E96660, #9EE960

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#E6FBFC

Lighter +20%#BAF3F5

Lighter +10%#8DEBEF

Darker −10%#33DBE3

Darker −20%#1CC0C7

Darker −30%#15959B

Darker −40%#0F6A6E

More saturated +25%#4AF7FF

Less saturated −25%#77CED2

Channel breakdown

R96

G227

B233

Red96 (37.6%)

Green227 (89%)

Blue233 (91.4%)

Hue182.63°

Saturation (HSL)75.69%

Lightness64.51%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 60 · G E3 · B E9

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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