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Recognised as Colour

#45AEA8

  • #45AEA8
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#45AEA8 is a cyan with RGB values 69, 174, 168 and HSL 177°, 43%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#45AEA8#45AEA8
HEX#45AEA8
RGBrgb(69, 174, 168)
RGB (0–1)0.2706, 0.6824, 0.6588
RGB percentages27.1%, 68.2%, 65.9%
HSLhsl(176.6, 43.2%, 47.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(176.6, 60.3%, 68.2%)
CMYK60.3%, 0%, 3.4%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,566,696
CSS custom property--colour: #45AEA8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34364WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness149.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.87:1
Contrast with white2.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#979797
Inverted#BA5157

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A5A5A8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#9499A9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33 from the original
Tritanopia#00B2ACno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.67:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 6.2Cadetblue · ΔE 12.4Medium turquoise · ΔE 13.3Dark cyan · ΔE 13.4Dark turquoise · ΔE 15.3Teal · ΔE 17.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 6.22, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AE454B
Analogous#45AE73, #4580AE
Triadic#A845AE, #AEA845
Split complementary#AE4580, #AE7345
Tetradic#7345AE, #AE454B, #80AE45

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D2EDEC
Lighter +30%#ADDFDC
Lighter +20%#89D0CC
Lighter +10%#64C2BC
Darker −10%#378985
Darker −20%#286561
Darker −30%#1A403E
Darker −40%#0B1C1B
More saturated +25%#27CCC3
Less saturated −25%#63908D

Channel breakdown

R69
G174
B168
Red69 (27.1%)
Green174 (68.2%)
Blue168 (65.9%)
Hue176.57°
Saturation (HSL)43.21%
Lightness47.65%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 45 · G AE · B A8

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