Colour

#63AA9C

#63AA9C
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Cadetblue

#63AA9C is a cyan with RGB values 99, 170, 156 and HSL 168°, 29%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#63AA9C#63AA9C

HEX#63AA9C

RGBrgb(99, 170, 156)

RGB (0–1)0.3882, 0.6667, 0.6118

RGB percentages38.8%, 66.7%, 61.2%

HSLhsl(168.2, 29.5%, 52.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(168.2, 41.8%, 66.7%)

CMYK41.8%, 0%, 8.2%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,531,740

CSS custom property--colour: #63AA9C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33802WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness150.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.76:1

Contrast with white2.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9A9A9A

Inverted#9C5563

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A5A29Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#989A9Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.7 from the original

Tritanopia#49ACA6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.71:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 10.4 Light seagreen · ΔE 13.5 Dark cyan · ΔE 16.4 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 18.5 Medium turquoise · ΔE 18.8 Teal · ΔE 19

Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 10.41, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#AA6371

Analogous#63AA79, #6394AA

Triadic#9C63AA, #AA9C63

Split complementary#AA6394, #AA7963

Tetradic#7963AA, #AA6371, #94AA63

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#E7F2F0

Lighter +30%#C6E0DB

Lighter +20%#A5CEC6

Lighter +10%#84BCB1

Darker −10%#4D8D80

Darker −20%#3B6C62

Darker −30%#294B44

Darker −40%#172A26

More saturated +25%#45C8AE

Less saturated −25%#818C8A

Channel breakdown

R99

G170

B156

Red99 (38.8%)

Green170 (66.7%)

Blue156 (61.2%)

Hue168.17°

Saturation (HSL)29.46%

Lightness52.75%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 63 · G AA · B 9C

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Colour values

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