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Untroubled Bergen

#61e9ef
Notes

Untroubled Bergen (#61E9EF) is a true cyan with a cool character. It leans cool, sitting on the blue, green, and violet side of the wheel. Quiet and dependable, a fit for product UI and data visualization. Its HSL profile (183°, 82%, 66%) places it in the highly saturated band at a mid lightness. Best used in small doses, like logos, CTAs, focus rings, or highlight text, where its saturation becomes a feature rather than noise. For a confident two-color system, pair it with its complementary red. For something softer, pull in its analogous neighbors on either side of the wheel.

HEX
#61e9ef
RGB
rgb(97, 233, 239)
HSL
hsl(183, 82%, 66%)
HWB
hwb(183 38% 6%)
OKLCH
oklch(86.2% 0.118 199.3)
HSV
hsv(183, 59%, 94%)
LAB
lab(85.53% -34.96 -14.01)
LCH
lch(85.53% 37.66 201.84)
CMYK
cmyk(59%, 3%, 0%, 6%)

Etymology

Untroubled
adjective

Latin turbāre, to disturb — negative-prefix un- plus past-participle of trouble. As a color modifier, untroubled implies a clear-and-calm-and-undisturbed quality where the hue carries no visual agitation. Sits at the crisp-and-calm end of the grid, parallel to serene and placid in usage.

Bergen
noun

The Norwegian fjord-town on the Bryggen harbor — and the saturated deep blue of Bergen's Vågen harbor and the surrounding Hardangerfjord water. Bergen color refers to Bergen harbor at clear-day midday: a saturated, slightly cool deep blue with the optical depth of glacier-fed coastal water.

Closest matches

The nearest named color in three reference sources, ranked by perceptual distance (ΔE76 in CIELAB). ΔE < 1 is imperceptible to most viewers; ΔE > 10 is clearly different. When two sources point to the same hex they’re merged into one tile; click any to open that color’s page.

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Accessibility

Color-vision simulation

How this color appears to viewers with the four major color-vision-deficiency types. Computed via the Machado (2009) physiologically-based model. If a tile matches the original, the color reads the same to that viewer.

#61e9ef
Original
#dadff0
Protanopia
#c3cff0
Deuteranopia
#00f1ea
Tritanopia
#cdcdcd
Achromatopsia
WCAG contrast

The color used as foreground text against pure white and pure black, with the contrast ratio and WCAG 2.1 grade. Aim for AA (4.5:1) for body text and AA Large (3:1) for 18 pt+ headlines; AAA (7:1) is the gold standard for long-form reading surfaces.

The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
Failon White
1.46:1
The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
AAAon Black
14.41:1

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