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Recognised as Colour

#61C8CD

  • #61C8CD
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium turquoise

#61C8CD is a cyan with RGB values 97, 200, 205 and HSL 183°, 52%, 59%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium turquoise.

Colour values

#61C8CD#61C8CD
HEX#61C8CD
RGBrgb(97, 200, 205)
RGB (0–1)0.3804, 0.7843, 0.8039
RGB percentages38%, 78.4%, 80.4%
HSLhsl(182.8, 51.9%, 59.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(182.8, 52.7%, 80.4%)
CMYK52.7%, 2.4%, 0%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,408,397
CSS custom property--colour: #61C8CD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.48258WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness176.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.65:1
Contrast with white1.97:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.65:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B2B2B2
Inverted#9E3732

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BCC0CEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#AAB3CEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.1 from the original
Tritanopia#00CEC9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.97:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.65:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 9.7Dark turquoise · ΔE 11.8Light seagreen · ΔE 14Cadetblue · ΔE 16.9Sky blue · ΔE 17.2Pale turquoise · ΔE 18.2
Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)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#CD6661
Analogous#61CD9C, #6192CD
Triadic#CD61C8, #C8CD61
Split complementary#CD6192, #CD9C61
Tetradic#9C61CD, #CD6661, #92CD61

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FCFEFE
Lighter +30%#D5F0F2
Lighter +20%#AEE3E6
Lighter +10%#88D5D9
Darker −10%#3CB9BF
Darker −20%#309398
Darker −30%#246E71
Darker −40%#18484A
More saturated +25%#47E0E7
Less saturated −25%#7BB0B3

Channel breakdown

R97
G200
B205
Red97 (38%)
Green200 (78.4%)
Blue205 (80.4%)
Hue182.78°
Saturation (HSL)51.92%
Lightness59.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 61 · G C8 · B CD

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