Recognised as Colour

#63AEA0

#63AEA0
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Cadetblue

#63AEA0 is a cyan with RGB values 99, 174, 160 and HSL 169°, 32%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#63AEA0#63AEA0

HEX#63AEA0

RGBrgb(99, 174, 160)

RGB (0–1)0.3882, 0.6824, 0.6275

RGB percentages38.8%, 68.2%, 62.7%

HSLhsl(168.8, 31.6%, 53.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(168.8, 43.1%, 68.2%)

CMYK43.1%, 0%, 8%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,532,768

CSS custom property--colour: #63AEA0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35463WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness153.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.09:1

Contrast with white2.59:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.09:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9D9D9D

Inverted#9C515F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A8A69Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#9B9DA1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.9 from the original

Tritanopia#46B0AAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.59:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.09:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 11.3 Light seagreen · ΔE 12.4 Dark cyan · ΔE 17 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 17.2 Medium turquoise · ΔE 17.2 Dark seagreen · ΔE 19.3

Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 11.32, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#AE6371

Analogous#63AE7B, #6397AE

Triadic#A063AE, #AEA063

Split complementary#AE6397, #AE7B63

Tetradic#7A63AE, #AE6371, #96AE63

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E9F4F2

Lighter +30%#C8E2DD

Lighter +20%#A6D1C9

Lighter +10%#85BFB4

Darker −10%#4C9285

Darker −20%#3A7166

Darker −30%#294F48

Darker −40%#182D29

More saturated +25%#45CCB3

Less saturated −25%#81908D

Channel breakdown

R99

G174

B160

Red99 (38.8%)

Green174 (68.2%)

Blue160 (62.7%)

Hue168.8°

Saturation (HSL)31.65%

Lightness53.53%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 63 · G AE · B A0

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Colour values

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