Colour

#61AFAA

#61AFAA
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Cadetblue

#61AFAA is a cyan with RGB values 97, 175, 170 and HSL 176°, 33%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#61AFAA#61AFAA

HEX#61AFAA

RGBrgb(97, 175, 170)

RGB (0–1)0.3804, 0.6863, 0.6667

RGB percentages38%, 68.6%, 66.7%

HSLhsl(176.2, 32.8%, 53.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(176.2, 44.6%, 68.6%)

CMYK44.6%, 0%, 2.9%, 31.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,401,962

CSS custom property--colour: #61AFAA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36104WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness155.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.22:1

Contrast with white2.55:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.22:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9E9E9E

Inverted#9E5055

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A7A8AAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#9A9EABno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.6 from the original

Tritanopia#3CB3ADno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.55:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.22:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 8.2 Light seagreen · ΔE 12.3 Dark cyan · ΔE 15.9 Medium turquoise · ΔE 16.2 Teal · ΔE 19 Dark turquoise · ΔE 19.2

Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 8.19, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#AF6166

Analogous#61AF83, #618DAF

Triadic#AA61AF, #AFAA61

Split complementary#AF618D, #AF8361

Tetradic#8361AF, #AF6166, #8DAF61

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E8F4F3

Lighter +30%#C7E2E1

Lighter +20%#A5D1CE

Lighter +10%#83C0BC

Darker −10%#4A938E

Darker −20%#39716D

Darker −30%#284F4D

Darker −40%#172D2C

More saturated +25%#43CDC4

Less saturated −25%#7F9190

Channel breakdown

R97

G175

B170

Red97 (38%)

Green175 (68.6%)

Blue170 (66.7%)

Hue176.15°

Saturation (HSL)32.77%

Lightness53.33%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 61 · G AF · B AA

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