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Recognised as Colour

#63BAAD

  • #63BAAD
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#63BAAD is a cyan with RGB values 99, 186, 173 and HSL 171°, 39%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#63BAAD#63BAAD
HEX#63BAAD
RGBrgb(99, 186, 173)
RGB (0–1)0.3882, 0.7294, 0.6784
RGB percentages38.8%, 72.9%, 67.8%
HSLhsl(171, 38.7%, 55.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(171, 46.8%, 72.9%)
CMYK46.8%, 0%, 7%, 27.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,535,853
CSS custom property--colour: #63BAAD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40788WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness163.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.16:1
Contrast with white2.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.16:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A7A7A7
Inverted#9C4552

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B3B1ADno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#A4A7AEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.9 from the original
Tritanopia#3BBDB6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.29:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.16:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 10.3Medium turquoise · ΔE 12.5Medium aquamarine · ΔE 14.4Cadetblue · ΔE 14.4Dark turquoise · ΔE 16.8Turquoise · ΔE 18.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 10.3, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BA6370
Analogous#63BA82, #639BBA
Triadic#AD63BA, #BAAD63
Split complementary#BA639B, #BA8263
Tetradic#8263BA, #BA6370, #9BBA63

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F0F9F7
Lighter +30%#CDE9E5
Lighter +20%#AAD9D2
Lighter +10%#86CAC0
Darker −10%#48A295
Darker −20%#387F74
Darker −30%#285C54
Darker −40%#193833
More saturated +25%#47D6C1
Less saturated −25%#7F9E99

Channel breakdown

R99
G186
B173
Red99 (38.8%)
Green186 (72.9%)
Blue173 (67.8%)
Hue171.03°
Saturation (HSL)38.67%
Lightness55.88%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 63 · G BA · B AD

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