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Recognised as Colour

#63A7FE

  • #63A7FE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#63A7FE is a blue with RGB values 99, 167, 254 and HSL 214°, 99%, 69%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#63A7FE#63A7FE
HEX#63A7FE
RGBrgb(99, 167, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.3882, 0.6549, 0.9961
RGB percentages38.8%, 65.5%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(213.7, 98.7%, 69.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(213.7, 61%, 99.6%)
CMYK61%, 34.3%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,531,070
CSS custom property--colour: #63A7FE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37446WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness163.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.49:1
Contrast with white2.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.49:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9F9F9F
Inverted#9C5801

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#82ADFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#6D9EFCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.1 from the original
Tritanopia#00BBC7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.47:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.49:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 7.7Dodgerblue · ΔE 17Deep skyblue · ΔE 23.5Steel blue · ΔE 24.5Light skyblue · ΔE 28.6Royal blue · ΔE 33.5
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 7.66, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FEBA63
Analogous#63F4FE, #6D63FE
Triadic#FE63A7, #A7FE63
Split complementary#FE6D63, #F4FE63
Tetradic#FE63F4, #FEBA63, #63FE6D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FBFDFF
Lighter +20%#C8E0FF
Lighter +10%#96C4FE
Darker −10%#308AFE
Darker −20%#026EF9
Darker −30%#0158C7
Darker −40%#014194
More saturated +25%#62A7FF
Less saturated −25%#77A9EA

Channel breakdown

R99
G167
B254
Red99 (38.8%)
Green167 (65.5%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue213.68°
Saturation (HSL)98.73%
Lightness69.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 63 · G A7 · B FE

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