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#63c3af

a balanced, soft cyan · cool · closest name: Medium Aqua Marine

Token name suggestion: Atlas Teal

RGB
99, 195, 175
HSL
168°, 44%, 58%
CMYK
49, 0, 10, 24
Luminance
0.4478

#63c3af is a balanced soft cyan, 168° on the wheel and 82/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (9.96:1). As text it scores 2.11:1 on white — use #328372 instead. Nearest name is Medium Aqua Marine, nearest Tailwind family is teal.

hsl(168 44% 58%)rgb(99 195 175)Base step 500AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #63c3af is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#63c3af
Hue
168°
cyan
Saturation
44%
soft
Lightness
58%
balanced
Brightness
76%
HSV value
Perceived
66%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.4478
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
82/100 cool
Color family
Cyan
Tone
Soft
Best ink
Black
9.96:1
Closest name
Medium Aqua Marine
ΔE2000 5
Chroma
33.3
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.753
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
teal
500 · ΔE 5.6
Web-safe
#66CC99
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue168° of 360°
Saturation44%
Lightness58%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #63c3af.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool82% cool

Reads cool. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red6%
Green87%
Blue7%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#63c3af
HEX (8-digit)#63c3afff
RGBrgb(99, 195, 175)
RGBArgba(99, 195, 175, 1)
HSLhsl(168, 44%, 58%)
HSV / HSBhsv(168, 49%, 76%)
HWBhwb(168 39% 24%)
CMYKcmyk(49%, 0%, 10%, 24%)
LABlab(72.7 -33.3 1.3)
LCHlch(72.7 33.3 177.7)
OKLCHoklch(0.753 0.096 178.2)
XYZ (D65)xyz(32.40, 44.78, 47.48)
Decimal6538159
Display P3color(display-p3 0.388 0.765 0.686)
Web-safe#66CC99

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #63c3af;
background-color: #63c3af;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #63c3af;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#63c3af] bg-[#63c3af]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #63c3af;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.388, green: 0.765, blue: 0.686)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.388, green: 0.765, blue: 0.686, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#63C3AF</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF63C3AF)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF63C3AF)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(175, 195, 99)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(99, 195, 175)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(99, 195, 175)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 99, 195, 175)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.3882f, 0.7647f, 0.6863f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{99,195,175}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #63c3af 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #63c3af 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#235C50, #D3EEE8);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #63c3af h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F5FAF9;
  --brand-100: #EAF5F3;
  --brand-200: #D1EBE5;
  --brand-300: #AEE0D5;
  --brand-400: #85D0C1;
  --brand-500: #63c3af;
  --brand-600: #44B19A;
  --brand-700: #399380;
  --brand-800: #2D7667;
  --brand-900: #24564C;
  --brand-950: #17362F;
  --brand: #63c3af;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F4FAF9;
  --brand-border: #C4E8E1;
  --brand-hover: #49B9A2;
  --brand-pressed: #3EA18C;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #142421;
    --brand-ink: #D3EEE8;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F5FAF9',
        100: '#EAF5F3',
        200: '#D1EBE5',
        300: '#AEE0D5',
        400: '#85D0C1',
        500: '#63c3af',
        600: '#44B19A',
        700: '#399380',
        800: '#2D7667',
        900: '#24564C',
        950: '#17362F',
        DEFAULT: '#63c3af',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F5FAF9,
  '100': #EAF5F3,
  '200': #D1EBE5,
  '300': #AEE0D5,
  '400': #85D0C1,
  '500': #63c3af,
  '600': #44B19A,
  '700': #399380,
  '800': #2D7667,
  '900': #24564C,
  '950': #17362F,
);
$brand-base: #63c3af;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F5FAF9", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#EAF5F3", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#D1EBE5", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#AEE0D5", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#85D0C1", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#63c3af", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#44B19A", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#399380", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#2D7667", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#24564C", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#17362F", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #63c3af · 9.96:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 2.11:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 9.96:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #63c3af as text scores 2.11:1 on white and 9.96:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #235C50 at 3.66:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#328372 · 4.54:1
AA on white−22% L
#328372
The quick fox
#266255 · 7.09:1
AAA on white−31% L
#266255
The quick fox
#63c3af · 9.96:1
AA on blackalready passes
#63c3af
The quick fox
#63c3af · 9.96:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#63c3af

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #3FA48F is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#63c3af on white: 2.11:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#63c3af on black: 9.96:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #63c3af as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #63c3af.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White2.11:1AaAa
Slate 502.02:1AaAa
Slate 1001.93:1AaAa
Slate 2001.71:1AaAa
Slate 3001.42:1AaAa
Slate 4001.22:1AaAa
Slate 5002.26:1AaAa
Slate 6003.59:1AaAa
Slate 7004.91:1AaAa
Slate 8006.94:1AaAa
Slate 9008.46:1AaAa
Black9.96:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #BCB9AE
deuteranopia · #ADAEB1
tritanopia · #37C5BD

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #63c3af is pinned to step 500; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F5FAF9
#EAF5F3
#D1EBE5
#AEE0D5
#85D0C1
#63c3af
#44B19A
#399380
#2D7667
#24564C
#17362F
Base = 500Lightest = 50 · #F5FAF9Darkest = 950 · #17362FText step on white = 800
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.024 178.2);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.039 178.2);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.058 178.2);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.075 178.2);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.089 178.2);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.096 178.2);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.096 178.2);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.091 178.2);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.081 178.2);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.067 178.2);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.053 178.2);
}

Colors that work with #63c3af

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#F4FAF9
Tinted page background
Border#C4E8E1
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4B9B8A
Captions on the surface
Accent#C75F8F
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#235C50
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#EDF8F6
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#142421
Dark-mode background
Hover#49B9A2
One step down in lightness
Pressed#3EA18C
Two steps down
Disabled#C0D6D2
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#68D2BC
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #63c3af

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Charts, tags and secondary surfaces
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
  • Chart series and data categories
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • Thin strokes and 1px borders — they disappear on light UI
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #235C50
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #3FA48F

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

cleantechnicalfreshclinical

Cyan reads as water, air and infrastructure: cool, hygienic, engineered.

The muted chroma softens the association — it reads considered rather than loud, which suits long-form and data-heavy screens. The mid lightness keeps it versatile in both themes.

Worth knowing

At high lightness it disappears into white surfaces and thin strokes vanish entirely.

Reads as
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium
  • Weight42/100
  • TemperatureCool
  • ApproachabilityReserved

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#C36377
Analogous left#63C37F
Analogous right#63A7C3
Split-complement 1#C363A7
Split-complement 2#C37F63
Triadic 1#AF63C3
Triadic 2#C3AF63
Tetradic#7F63C3
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°168°

#63c3af sits at 168°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red38.8%
Green76.5%
Blue68.6%
R · 0–255
99
0x63
G · 0–255
195
0xc3
B · 0–255
175
0xaf

CMYK percentages

Cyan49.2%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow10.3%
Key (black)23.5%

Total ink coverage is 83%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#63c3af text on a black background

contrast 9.96:1

Card sample

#63c3af text on a white background

contrast 2.11:1

Card sample

#63c3af on grey

1.93:1

#63c3af on its own surface

2.00:1

#63c3af on its dark surface

7.63:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #63c3af;
Background color
Panel with #63c3af background
background-color: #63c3af;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #63c3af;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(99, 195, 175, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(99, 195, 175, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #63c3af;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #63c3af, #6397C3);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #63c3af, #637FC3);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #63c3af;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #63c3af;
caret-color: #63c3af;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #63c3af;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #EDF8F6;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #63c3af;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#63c3af 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #63c3af over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(99, 195, 175, 0.5)
rgb(99 195 175 / 50%)
#63c3af80
hsl(168 44% 58% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #63c3af 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#63c3af1a#EFF9F7
20%#63c3af33#E0F3EF
40%#63c3af66#C1E7DF
60%#63c3af99#A1DBCF
80%#63c3afcc#82CFBF

Gradients from #63c3af

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8FD4C6, #63c3af 45%, #235C50);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #63c3af, #4D7FBA);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #63c3af, #C36377);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #A5DCD1 0%, #63c3af 45%, #235C50 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F4FAF9, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #88D197 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #79ACCB 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #235C50 0%, transparent 65%), #63c3af;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #63c3af

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#63c3af in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
TechnologyTravelHealthcareMedia
Common UI roles
ButtonsLinksFocus statesCharts
Print note

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 9.96:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#63c3af, answered

What color is #63c3af?

#63c3af is a balanced soft cyan, closest to Medium Aqua Marine (ΔE2000 5). It sits at 168° on the hue wheel with 44% saturation and 58% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #63c3af?

rgb(99, 195, 175) — 99 red, 195 green and 175 blue out of 255, or 38.8% / 76.5% / 68.6% by channel.

What is #63c3af in HSL and HSV?

hsl(168, 44%, 58%) and hsv(168, 49%, 76%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #63c3af a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.4478 and perceived brightness is 66%, so black text on it reaches 9.96:1.

Should I use black or white text on #63c3af?

Black. It scores 9.96:1 against #63c3af, versus 2.11:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #63c3af accessible on a white background?

#63c3af on white scores 2.11:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #328372 to reach 4.5:1, or #266255 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #63c3af?

#C36377 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #C363A7 and #C37F63, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #63c3af?

For interface work: #F4FAF9 as the surface, #C4E8E1 for borders, #4B9B8A for secondary text, #C75F8F as an accent and #235C50 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #63C37F and #63A7C3 stays calm, while #C36377 is the loudest partner.

What is #63c3af in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(49%, 0%, 10%, 24%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #63c3af warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 82 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #63C38C; nudged cooler, #61B5C5.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #63c3af?

The teal family — its 500 step is #14b8a6, ΔE2000 5.6 away. That is a visible difference, so define #63c3af as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #63c3af in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#63c3af] or text-[#63c3af], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #63c3af with 50% opacity?

rgba(99, 195, 175, 0.5), or #63c3af80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #B1E1D7; over black, #326258.

Is #63c3af a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #66CC99, ΔE2000 8.9 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #63c3af mean?

As a cyan, it reads clean, technical, fresh. Cyan reads as water, air and infrastructure: cool, hygienic, engineered. At this moderate chroma the association is present but not shouted.

What gradient works with #63c3af?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #8FD4C6, #63c3af 45%, #235C50). For more colour, a short hue run to #4D7FBA keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #63c3af in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #63c3af at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.