What color is #60AD96?

#60AD96 is a desaturated spring green, closest to the named color Water Park. It belongs to the green family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #60AD96?

The RGB value is 96, 173, 150: 96 red, 173 green and 150 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #60AD96?

The complementary color is #AD6077, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #60AD96?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.92:1 and white text 2.65:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#60AD96 color

#60AD96 rgb(96, 173, 150)

Shades of green

The hex color #60AD96 is a desaturated spring green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 37.6% red, 67.8% green and 58.8% blue (96, 173, 150).

Its hue angle is 162°, with 32% saturation and 53% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 45% cyan, 0% magenta, 13% yellow and 32% black.

The closest named color is Water Park (#54AF9C), a difference of 2.3 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 7.92:1).

#60AD96 color codes

HEX	`#60AD96`
RGB	`rgb(96, 173, 150)`
RGB percent	`rgb(37.6%, 67.8%, 58.8%)`
HSL	`hsl(162, 32%, 53%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(162, 45%, 68%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(45%, 0%, 13%, 32%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(65.42, -29.42, 4.43)`
CIE LCH	`lch(65.42, 29.75, 171.43)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(25.27, 34.574, 34.19)`
Decimal	`6335894`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #60AD96, based on their position on the color wheel.

Complementary

The color opposite on the color wheel (180°). Strongest contrast.

Analogous

Neighbors 30° either side. Calm, natural combinations.

Split complementary

The two colors next to the complement (150° and 210°).

Triadic

Three colors evenly spaced, 120° apart.

Tetradic (square)

Four colors 90° apart.

Shades, tints and tones

Shades (darker, mixed with black)

Tints (lighter, mixed with white)

Tones (mixed with gray)

Contrast and accessibility

Text on #60AD96	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	7.92:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.65:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#60AD96 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.65:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	7.92:1	Pass	Pass	Pass

WCAG 2 asks for 4.5:1 for normal text (AA), 7:1 for AAA, and 3:1 for large text. Check other pairs.

Color blindness simulation

How #60AD96 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #60ad96; }
.text { color: #60ad96; }
.border { border: 2px solid #60ad96; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(96 173 150 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #60ad96, #609ead); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Mint.

Questions

What color is #60AD96?: #60AD96 is a desaturated spring green, closest to the named color Water Park. It belongs to the green family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #60AD96?: The RGB value is 96, 173, 150: 96 red, 173 green and 150 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #60AD96?: The complementary color is #AD6077, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #60AD96?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.92:1 and white text 2.65:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.