#636e70 Color Information

#636e70 Color Information
Details | Shades, Tints, and Tones | Variations | Color Coordinates | Color Schemes | HTML+CSS Examples | Coding & Programming | Color Blindness | Accessibility | Related Colors

The hexadecimal value (hex value) of this color is #636e70. In RGB, it consists of 38.8% Red, 43.1% Green, and 43.9% Blue. Likewise, in the CMYK color space, it consists of 11.6% Cyan, 1.8% Magenta, 0% Yellow, and 56.1% Black. On the color wheel, its Hue is found at 189.2°, with saturation of 6.2% and lightness of 41.4%. The decimal value for #636e70 is 6516336, and its nearest "web safe" color is #666666. In the RGB color space, the strongest component for #636e70 is blue. In the CMYK color space, its strongest component is black. And in the RYB color space, its strongest component is blue.
  • HexHex code for this color#636e70 Copy
  • NameThe common name of this color(Unnamed) Copy
  • RGBRed, Green, Blue composition for this color99, 110, 112 Copy
  • RGB PercentPercent Red, Green, Blue composition for this color38.8%, 43.1%, 43.9% Copy
  • CMYCyan, Magenta, Yellow composition for this color0.612, 0.569, 0.561 Copy
  • CMYKCyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black composition for this color0.116, 0.018, 0, 0.561 Copy
  • HSLHue, Saturation, Lightness combination for this color189.2°, 6.2%, 41.4% Copy
  • HSV (or HSB)Hue, Saturation, Brightness combination for this color189.2°, 11.6%, 43.9% Copy
  • XYZCIE 1931 color space XYZ coordinates for this color13.646, 14.974, 17.500 Copy
  • RYBRed, Yellow, Blue composition for this color99, 105, 112 Copy
  • DecimalDecimal representation of this color's hex code6516336 Copy
  • CIE-LABCIELAB color space coordinates for this color45.599, -3.698, -2.535 Copy
  • CIE-LCHCIE-LCH color space coordinates for this color (chroma, hue, etc.)45.599, 4.484, 214.430 Copy
  • CIE-LUVCIE-LUV color space coordinates for this color45.599, -5.993, -2.865 Copy
  • Hunter LabHunter-Lab color space coordinates for this color38.697, -4.772, 0.274 Copy
  • xyYCIE xyY color space coordinates for this color0.296, 0.325, 14.974 Copy
  • AndroidValue of this color in Android development4284706416 / 0xff636e70 Copy
  • Web SafeHex code of the nearest "web safe" version of this color#666666 Copy
Last Updated: March 28, 2024

Shades of #636e70

Shades are created by adding black to or removing lightness from a particular color. For #636e70, its pure hue is 189.2° on the color wheel and its saturation is 6.2%, and its lightness is 41.4%. As the amount of black is added to this hue and we reduce its lightness, the result is increasingly darker shades tints. The palette given below provides 9 different shades of #636e70, which — excluding black and our original color — range from #0c0e0e to #576062.

Tints of #636e70

Tints are created by adding white or lightness to a particular color. For #636e70, its pure hue is 189.2° on the color wheel and its saturation is 6.2%, and its lightness is 41.4%. As the amount of white (lightness) is added to this hue, the result is increasingly lighter tints. The following palette gives 9 different tints of #636e70, which — excluding white and our original color — range from #778082 to #eceded.

Tones of #636e70

Tones are the result of adding gray to a pure hue. In the case of #636e70, its pure hue is 189.2° on the color wheel and its saturation is 6.2%, so we increase this saturation to create more colorful tones, and decrease the saturation to create grayer tones. The palette shown below gives 9 different tones of #636e70, which range from #6a6a6a (the grayest / 0% saturation) to #00b3d3 (the most colorful / 100% saturation).

Variations of #636e70

There are several ways to create color variations and premutations of #636e70! For #636e70, there are 6 variations of the color that can be created by swapping its Red, Green, and Blue color positions, of which 5 are different from our original color. Among these six variations, there are 6 unique colors including our original color, #636e70. Click on these colors to learn more about them, too!

Color Coordinates of #636e70

This color, #636e70, consists of 38.8% Red, 43.1% Green, and 43.9% Blue, resulting in color coordinates Red = 99, Green = 110, Blue = 112. Likewise, the CMYK color space composition for #636e70 is 11.6% Cyan, 1.8% Magenta, 0% Yellow, and 56.1% Black. These values are shown in the following charts and tables.

R38.8%
C11.6%
G43.1%
M1.8%
B43.9%
Y0.0%
K56.1%
Color Base R (Red) G (Green) B (Blue)
Decimal 99 110 112
Octal 143 156 160
Hexa #63 #6e #70
Binary 01100011 01101110 01110000
Color Base C (Cyan) M (Magenta) Y (Yellow) Y (Black)
Decimal 11 1 0 56
Octal 13 1 0 70
Hexa #0b #01 #00 #38
Binary 00001011 00000001 00000000 00111000

Analogous Colors of #636e70

Analogous colors are located 30 degrees away from a color's hue on the color wheel. For #636e70 — which has hue 189.2° — its analogous colors are located at 159.2° and 219.2° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #636e70.

Triadic Colors of #636e70

Triadic colors are located 120 degrees away from a color's hue on the color wheel, which means the original color and its triadic colors are equidistant from one another on the color wheel and form a triangle. For #636e70 — which has hue 189.2° — its triadic colors are located at 69.2° and 309.2° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #636e70.

Complementary Color of #636e70

A complementary color is located opposite a color on the color wheel (180 degrees away). For #636e70 — which has hue 189.2° — its complementary color is located at 9.2° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #636e70.

Split Complementary Colors of #636e70

Split complementary colors are the analogs of a color's complement, which places them 210 degrees away on the color wheel from an original color. For #636e70 — which has hue 189.2° — its split complementary colors its split complementary colors are located at 39.2° and 339.2° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #636e70.

Tetradic Colors of #636e70

Tetradic colors are two sets of complementary colors on either side of a color wheel from each other, forming a rectangle on the color wheel. For #636e70 — which has hue 189.2° — its tetradic colors are located at 99.2°, 189.2°, 279.2°, and 9.2° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #636e70.

Monochromatic Colors of #636e70

Monochromatic colors are colors that share a common hue but that have different saturations and lightness. For #636e70, we show 9 different monochromatic colors of it, ranging from #333636 — (which has very low saturation and very low lightness) — to #95a4a7 (which has a very high saturation and very high lightness).

HTML+CSS Examples & Previews of #636e70

We want to make getting started with #636e70 on your website fast and easy! Below are 8 examples of how to integrate #636e70 into a website using HTML+CSS. These examples include showing how #636e70 can be used to color text, backgrounds, shadows, and borders, as well as how it can be used as a solid fill or gradient fill for rectangles. These examples principally make use of <span> and <div> tags, although the CSS shown in particular can be repurposed to make use of #636e70 with other HTML elements.

#636e70 Foreground / Text Color

The color of this text is #636e70.
<span style="color: #636e70;">The color of this text is #636e70.</span>

#636e70 Background Color

The background color for this text is #636e70.
<div style="background-color: #636e70; color:#ffffff; width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">The background color for this text is #636e70.</div>

#636e70 Text Shadow Color

This color for the shadow of this text is #636e70.
<span style="text-shadow: 3px 3px 3px #636e70;">This color for the shadow of this text is #636e70.</span>

#636e70 Border Color

This is a div with border color #636e70.
<div style="border: #636e70 4px solid;width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a div with border color #636e70.</div>

#636e70 Color Rectangle on a White Background

This is a rectangle of color #636e70 on a white background.
<div style="background-color: #ffffff; padding: 60px; width:100%; height: 100%;"><div style="background-color: #636e70; color:#ffffff; width:100%; height:100%; padding: 10px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a rectangle of color #636e70 on a white background.</div></div>

#636e70 Color Rectangle on a Black Background

This is a rectangle of color #636e70 on a black background.
<div style="background-color: #000000; padding: 60px; width:100%; height: 100%;"><div style="background-color: #636e70; color:#ffffff; width:100%; height:100%; padding: 10px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a rectangle of color #636e70 on a black background.</div></div>

Gradient from #636e70 to White

This is a gradient from #636e70 to white.
<div style="background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#636e70,white); /* Firefox */ background: linear-gradient(to right,#636e70,white); /* Safari */ background: -o-linear-gradient(left,#636e70,white); /* Opera */ background: -moz-linear-gradient(left,#636e70,white); width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a gradient from #636e70 to white.</div>

Gradient from #636e70 to Black

This is a gradient from #636e70 to black.
<div style="background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#636e70,black); /* Firefox */ background: linear-gradient(to right,#636e70,black); /* Safari */ background: -o-linear-gradient(left,#636e70,black); /* Opera */ background: -moz-linear-gradient(left,#636e70,black); color: #ffffff; width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a gradient from #636e70 to black.</div>

Coding & Programming with #636e70

In addition to using #636e70 on the web, we know you might want to use it in your mobile and desktop apps, too. Whatever your needs, the table below shows how to access #636e70 in the language and environment of your choice. These code snippets are principally the hexadecimal representation of #636e70, or the RGB color coordinates for the same (Red = 99, Green = 110, Blue = 112). If you need details about the color coordinates of #636e70 in other color spaces, refer to these details as provided toward the top of this page.

Language Environment Code Snippet
HTML + CSS (Hex Code) Web #636e70
HTML + CSS (RGB Code) Web rgb(99, 110, 112)
CSS Background Color Web .myclass { background-color: #636e70; }
CSS Foreground + Text Color Web .myclass { color: #636e70; }
CSS Border Color Web .myclass { border: 2px solid #636e70; }
Java (Multi-platform) new Color(99, 110, 112);
Python (Multi-platform) Color("#636e70")
Swift iOS UIColor(red:99, green:110, blue:112, alpha:1.0000)
Objective-C (iOS) iOS [UIColor colorWithRed:99 green:110 blue:112 alpha:1.0000];
OpenGL (Graphics) glColor3f(99f, 110f, 112f);
C# / .NET Windows Color.FromArgb(99, 110, 112);
 

#636e70 Color Blindness

Not everyone can see #636e70 the same way. For those with color blindness, #636e70 might look very, very different. Here, we simulate eight examples of color blindness, and how #636e70 looks next to each one of them. In all cases, #636e70 is placed in a circle in the upper-left corner of each of the below boxes, with the color in the rest of those boxes signifying how #636e70 looks for someone with that type of color blindness. Many people will perceive close similarities between the colors in these boxes and the colors in the circles — with some noticing particular similarities. We offer this insight so that as you make choices about colors to use for your purposes, you can make an informed decision about whether #636e70 will be a good fit for everyone in your audience!

Trichromacy

Protanomaly
Affects 1 in 100 Men & 1 in 10,000 Women

Deuteranomaly
Affects 1 in 17 Men & 1 in 250 Women

Tritanomaly
Affects 1 in 10,000

Dichromacy

Protanopia
Affects 1 in 100, Mostly Men

Deuteranopia
Affects 1 in 100, Mostly Men

Tritanopia
Affects 1 in 100,000

Monochromacy

Achromatopsia
Affects 1 in 20,000

Achromatopsia
Affects 1 in 100,000

Accessibility

Not Accessibility Recommended

We analyzed whether #636e70 is an accessible color when used as a text / foreground color against a white background. This analysis is based on the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2 Level issued by W3C. Based on this analysis, we calculate a contrast ratio against white of approximately 5.3:1 against white. While there are some situations where this contrast is high enough to be considered accessible under the AA or AAA level standards, it is not high enough to be considered accessible in all cases. Details about the specific circumstances where #636e70 would and would not be an accessible foreground color are summarized below.

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WCAG AAA
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