#61BA97

sRGB · 97 / 186 / 151

#61BA97 belongs to the green-cyan family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 97 red, 186 green and 151 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 156.4° lands in the green-cyan region. Its 39.2% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 55.5% 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 (8.98:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 97, 186, 151
HSL: 156.40°, 39.21%, 55.49%
HSV / HSB: 156.40°, 47.85%, 72.94%
CMYK (approx.): 47.85%, 0.00%, 18.82%, 27.06%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 28.073, 39.892, 35.500
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 69.393, -35.088, 9.586
WCAG relative luminance: 0.39894
24-bit decimal: 6404759

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 #61BA97 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 · 8.98:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text · 2.34:1

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. 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

#BA6184 sits half a turn (180°) from #61BA97 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.

#61BA97 #BA6184

Analogous

#61BA6A and #61B1BA sit 30° to either side of #61BA97. 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.

#61BA6A #61BA97 #61B1BA

Triadic

#61BA97, #9761BA and #BA9761 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#61BA97 #9761BA #BA9761

Split complementary

Start at #61BA97 and look across the wheel. #BA61B1 and #BA6A61 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#61BA97 #BA61B1 #BA6A61

Square

Starting with #61BA97, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #6A61BA, #BA6184, then #B1BA61. Across the square, #61BA97 pairs with #BA6184, and #6A61BA with #B1BA61.

#61BA97 #6A61BA #BA6184 #B1BA61

Tetradic

#61BA97 and #BA6184 are opposites, as are #6184BA and #BA9761. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#61BA97 #6184BA #BA6184 #BA9761

Tints

Mixing #61BA97 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #81C8AC, keeps 80% of the original. By #DFF1EA, the mixture is 80% white.

#61BA97 #81C8AC #A0D6C1 #C0E3D5 #DFF1EA #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #61BA97 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #4E9579, keeps 80% of the original. By #13251E, the mixture is 80% black.

#61BA97 #4E9579 #3A705B #274A3C #13251E #000000

Tones

Mixing #61BA97 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #67AE92, keeps 80% of the original. By #7A8C85, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#61BA97 #67AE92 #6DA38E #749789 #7A8C85 #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

#61BA97

RGB

rgb(97 186 151)

HSL

hsl(156.404 39.207% 55.490%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #61BA97;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#61BA97 uses 97 red, 186 green and 151 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 38.0%

Green 72.9%

Blue 59.2%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #61BA97 is 47.8% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 18.8% yellow and 27.1% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 47.8%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 18.8%

Black 27.1%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #66BB99. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #6B9 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #61BA97 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #66CC99, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #66BB99 Nearest web-safe · #66CC99

Gradient to complement

#61BA97 #70AB94 #7F9C91 #8E8E8E #9C7F8A #AB7087 #BA6184

Color vision previews

Compare how #61BA97 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.

#B7AF95

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.

#A9A599

Tritanopia

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

#44BAB0

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.

#9FB297

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.

#98AD99

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#62B9A0

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#A9A9A9

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.

#8BB2A1

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 0.11954 G 0.49102 B 0.30947

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 0.46786 G 0.72114 B 0.60070

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.18549 G 0.47869 B 0.31937

CIE xyY

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

x 0.271 y 0.386 Y 39.892

CMY

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

C % 61.961 M % 27.059 Y % 40.784

Binary RGB

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

01100001 10111010 10010111