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Recognised as Colour

#61BCAD

  • #61BCAD
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#61BCAD is a cyan with RGB values 97, 188, 173 and HSL 170°, 40%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#61BCAD#61BCAD
HEX#61BCAD
RGBrgb(97, 188, 173)
RGB (0–1)0.3804, 0.7373, 0.6784
RGB percentages38%, 73.7%, 67.8%
HSLhsl(170.1, 40.4%, 55.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(170.1, 48.4%, 73.7%)
CMYK48.4%, 0%, 8%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,405,293
CSS custom property--colour: #61BCAD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41525WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness164.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.3:1
Contrast with white2.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.3:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A8A8A8
Inverted#9E4352

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B5B3ACno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#A6A8AEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.5 from the original
Tritanopia#36BFB7no 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 text2.26:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.3:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 9.9Medium turquoise · ΔE 11.8Medium aquamarine · ΔE 12.8Cadetblue · ΔE 16Dark turquoise · ΔE 16.4Turquoise · ΔE 17.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 9.86, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BC6170
Analogous#61BC7F, #619EBC
Triadic#AD61BC, #BCAD61
Split complementary#BC619E, #BC8061
Tetradic#7F61BC, #BC6170, #9EBC61

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F0F9F7
Lighter +30%#CCEAE5
Lighter +20%#A9DAD2
Lighter +10%#85CBC0
Darker −10%#46A495
Darker −20%#368174
Darker −30%#275D54
Darker −40%#183933
More saturated +25%#45D8C0
Less saturated −25%#7DA09A

Channel breakdown

R97
G188
B173
Red97 (38%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue173 (67.8%)
Hue170.11°
Saturation (HSL)40.44%
Lightness55.88%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 61 · G BC · B AD

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