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Recognised as Colour

#63AABE

  • #63AABE
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#63AABE is a cyan with RGB values 99, 170, 190 and HSL 193°, 41%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#63AABE#63AABE
HEX#63AABE
RGBrgb(99, 170, 190)
RGB (0–1)0.3882, 0.6667, 0.7451
RGB percentages38.8%, 66.7%, 74.5%
HSLhsl(193.2, 41.2%, 56.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(193.2, 47.9%, 74.5%)
CMYK47.9%, 10.5%, 0%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,531,774
CSS custom property--colour: #63AABE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3512WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness155 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.02:1
Contrast with white2.62:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9C9C9C
Inverted#9C5541

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9DA6BFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#8F9BBEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.6 from the original
Tritanopia#34B1B0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.62:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 11.2Sky blue · ΔE 14.1Light slate grey · ΔE 18.7Light skyblue · ΔE 18.9Light blue · ΔE 19.8Light steelblue · ΔE 20.2
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 11.17, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BE7763
Analogous#63BEA4, #637CBE
Triadic#BE63AA, #AABE63
Split complementary#BE637C, #BEA563
Tetradic#A463BE, #BE7763, #7CBE63

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F3F8FA
Lighter +30%#CFE5EB
Lighter +20%#ABD1DC
Lighter +10%#87BECD
Darker −10%#4692A8
Darker −20%#377384
Darker −30%#285460
Darker −40%#19343C
More saturated +25%#47B9DA
Less saturated −25%#7F9BA2

Channel breakdown

R99
G170
B190
Red99 (38.8%)
Green170 (66.7%)
Blue190 (74.5%)
Hue193.19°
Saturation (HSL)41.18%
Lightness56.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 63 · G AA · B BE

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