Recognised as Colour

#61BDB3

#61BDB3
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Light seagreen

#61BDB3 is a cyan with RGB values 97, 189, 179 and HSL 173°, 41%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#61BDB3#61BDB3

HEX#61BDB3

RGBrgb(97, 189, 179)

RGB (0–1)0.3804, 0.7412, 0.702

RGB percentages38%, 74.1%, 70.2%

HSLhsl(173.5, 41.1%, 56.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(173.5, 48.7%, 74.1%)

CMYK48.7%, 0%, 5.3%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,405,555

CSS custom property--colour: #61BDB3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42191WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness165.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.44:1

Contrast with white2.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.44:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A9A9A9

Inverted#9E424C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B5B4B3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#A6A9B4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.1 from the original

Tritanopia#31C1BAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.22:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.44:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 9.7 Medium turquoise · ΔE 10.7 Cadetblue · ΔE 14.7 Dark turquoise · ΔE 15 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 15.2 Turquoise · ΔE 17.5

Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 9.71, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#BD616B

Analogous#61BD85, #6199BD

Triadic#B361BD, #BDB361

Split complementary#BD6199, #BD8561

Tetradic#8561BD, #BD616B, #99BD61

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F1F9F8

Lighter +30%#CDEAE7

Lighter +20%#A9DBD6

Lighter +10%#85CCC4

Darker −10%#45A69B

Darker −20%#36827A

Darker −30%#275E58

Darker −40%#183A36

More saturated +25%#45D9C9

Less saturated −25%#7DA19D

Channel breakdown

R97

G189

B179

Red97 (38%)

Green189 (74.1%)

Blue179 (70.2%)

Hue173.48°

Saturation (HSL)41.07%

Lightness56.08%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 61 · G BD · B B3

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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