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Recognised as Colour

#63BAEE

  • #63BAEE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#63BAEE is a blue with RGB values 99, 186, 238 and HSL 202°, 80%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#63BAEE#63BAEE
HEX#63BAEE
RGBrgb(99, 186, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.3882, 0.7294, 0.9333
RGB percentages38.8%, 72.9%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(202.4, 80.3%, 66.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(202.4, 58.4%, 93.3%)
CMYK58.4%, 21.8%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,535,918
CSS custom property--colour: #63BAEE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43944WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness172.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.79:1
Contrast with white2.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.79:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ABABAB
Inverted#9C4511

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A2B9F0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#8FABEDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.2 from the original
Tritanopia#00C7CBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.15:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 9.2Deep skyblue · ΔE 10.8Sky blue · ΔE 14.8Steel blue · ΔE 21.1Light steelblue · ΔE 22Light blue · ΔE 25.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 9.22, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EE9763
Analogous#63EEDD, #6374EE
Triadic#EE63BA, #BAEE63
Split complementary#EE6374, #EEDD63
Tetradic#DD63EE, #EE9763, #74EE63

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EDF7FD
Lighter +20%#BFE3F8
Lighter +10%#91CEF3
Darker −10%#35A6E9
Darker −20%#178DD4
Darker −30%#126FA6
Darker −40%#0D5078
More saturated +25%#52BEFF
Less saturated −25%#79B5D8

Channel breakdown

R99
G186
B238
Red99 (38.8%)
Green186 (72.9%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue202.45°
Saturation (HSL)80.35%
Lightness66.08%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 63 · G BA · B EE

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