#60afb8

Color #60afb8

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 7.8 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 8.3

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Conversions

HEX

#60afb8

RGB

rgb(96, 175, 184)

HSL

hsl(186.1, 38.3%, 54.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186.1, 47.8%, 72.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(47.8%, 4.9%, 0%, 27.8%)

LAB

lab(66.98, -21.83, -12.14)

LCH

lch(66.98, 24.98, 209.08)

OKLCH

oklch(70.7%, 0.0787, 205.1)

HWB

hwb(186.1, 37.6%, 27.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b86960

Analogous

#60b895

#60afb8

#6083b8

Triadic

#60afb8

#b860af

#afb860

Split-complementary

#60afb8

#b86083

#b89560

Tetradic

#60afb8

#6960b8

#b86960

#afb860

Square

#60afb8

#9560b8

#b86960

#83b860

Shades

Color #60afb8 mixed toward black.

#4898a1

#3a7a81

#2b5b61

#1d3d41

#0e1e20

Tints

Color #60afb8 mixed toward white.

#7abcc4

#95cad0

#afd7dc

#cae4e7

#e4f2f3

Tones

Color #60afb8 mixed toward gray.

#67a9b1

#6fa3a9

#769ea2

#7d989b

#859293

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.52:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.32:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.32:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#898ab6 · ΔE 25.6

Deuteranopia

#857fb5 · ΔE 27.9

Tritanopia

#66b4b4 · ΔE 3.8

Achromatopsia

#a3a3a3 · ΔE 19.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #60afb8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#60afb8]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#60afb8 (#60afb8) is rgb(96, 175, 184) in RGB.

No, #60afb8 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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