Browser Color Management and YouTube

Premise: Will YouTube videos playback with accurate color between different browsers i.e. is each browser color managed.

Video credit of Dave2D
Opening Cyan title screen tested



macOS 10.13.1 Beta
Digital Color Meter 5.11
Display .ICC Profile used: LG Ultra HD

Safari 11.0.1
sRGB Digital Color Meter
R: 45 G: 198 B: 212
Native Values Color Meter
R: 61 G: 198 B: 210

Chrome Canary 63.0.3225
sRGB Digital Color Meter
R: 53 G: 205 B: 204
Native Values Color Meter
R: 67 G: 205 B: 203

FireFox 55.0.3
sRGB Digital Color Meter
R: 1 G: 191 B: 208
Native Values Color Meter
R: 39 G: 191 B: 206

FireFox Quantum 57.0b3
sRGB Digital Color Meter
R: 1 G: 191 B: 208
Native Values Color Meter
R: 39 G: 191 B: 206


Result: Color management pertaining to YouTube is not cohesive between macOS browsers. 

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