#60DFD7

sRGB: 96 / 223 / 215

Crystal visions linger without sound
Electric visions transform the fabric of existence
Fierce revelations embrace the coming dawn

#60DFD7 belongs to the cyan family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 96 red, 223 green and 215 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 176.2° lands in the cyan region. Its 66.5% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 62.5% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (13.03:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 96, 223, 215
HSL: 176.22°, 66.49%, 62.55%
HSV / HSB: 176.22°, 56.95%, 87.45%
CMYK (approx.): 56.95%, 0.00%, 3.59%, 12.55%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 43.475, 60.166, 73.614
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 81.928, -36.859, -6.681
WCAG relative luminance: 0.60168
24-bit decimal: 6348759

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #60DFD7 in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 13.03:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.61:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#DF6068 sits half a turn (180°) from #60DFD7 on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#60DFD7 #DF6068

Analogous

#60DF97 and #60A8DF sit 30° to either side of #60DFD7. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#60DF97 #60DFD7 #60A8DF

Triadic

#60DFD7, #D760DF and #DFD760 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#60DFD7 #D760DF #DFD760

Split complementary

Start at #60DFD7 and look across the wheel. #DF60A8 and #DF9760 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#60DFD7 #DF60A8 #DF9760

Square

Starting with #60DFD7, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #9760DF, #DF6068, then #A8DF60. Across the square, #60DFD7 pairs with #DF6068, and #9760DF with #A8DF60.

#60DFD7 #9760DF #DF6068 #A8DF60

Tetradic

#60DFD7 and #DF6068 are opposites, as are #6068DF and #DFD760. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#60DFD7 #6068DF #DF6068 #DFD760

Tints

Mixing #60DFD7 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #80E5DF, keeps 80% of the original. By #DFF9F7, the mixture is 80% white.

#60DFD7 #80E5DF #A0ECE7 #BFF2EF #DFF9F7 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #60DFD7 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #4DB2AC, keeps 80% of the original. By #132D2B, the mixture is 80% black.

#60DFD7 #4DB2AC #3A8681 #265956 #132D2B #000000

Tones

Mixing #60DFD7 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #66CCC6, keeps 80% of the original. By #7A9391, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#60DFD7 #66CCC6 #6DB9B4 #73A6A3 #7A9391 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#60DFD7

RGB

rgb(96 223 215)

HSL

hsl(176.220 66.492% 62.549%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #60DFD7;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#60DFD7 uses 96 red, 223 green and 215 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 37.6%

Green 87.5%

Blue 84.3%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #60DFD7 is 57.0% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 3.6% yellow and 12.5% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 57.0%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 3.6%

Black 12.5%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #66DDDD. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #6DD in CSS. For a modern design, keep #60DFD7 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #66CCCC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #66DDDD Nearest web-safe: #66CCCC

Gradient to complement

#60DFD7 #75CAC5 #8AB5B2 #A0A0A0 #B58A8D #CA757B #DF6068

Color vision previews

Compare how #60DFD7 appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#D4D4D7

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#BFC5D8

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#00E4DC

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#B5D7D7

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#ABCFD8

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#5DDFD9

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#CCCCCC

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#A2D6D1

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.11697 G 0.73791 B 0.67954

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.51398 G 0.86360 B 0.84017

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.22721 G 0.71730 B 0.67416

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.245 y 0.339 Y 60.166

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 62.353 M % 12.549 Y % 15.686

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

01100000 11011111 11010111