Colour

#45BCAA

#45BCAA
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Light seagreen

#45BCAA is a cyan with RGB values 69, 188, 170 and HSL 171°, 47%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#45BCAA#45BCAA

HEX#45BCAA

RGBrgb(69, 188, 170)

RGB (0–1)0.2706, 0.7373, 0.6667

RGB percentages27.1%, 73.7%, 66.7%

HSLhsl(170.9, 47%, 50.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(170.9, 63.3%, 73.7%)

CMYK63.3%, 0%, 9.6%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,570,282

CSS custom property--colour: #45BCAA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40134WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness159.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.03:1

Contrast with white2.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A1A1A1

Inverted#BA4355

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B4B1A9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#A2A5ACno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.8 from the original

Tritanopia#00BFB6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.33:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 6.8 Medium turquoise · ΔE 10.6 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 10.9 Turquoise · ΔE 13.9 Dark turquoise · ΔE 14.3 Dark cyan · ΔE 20.4

Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 6.79, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#BC4557

Analogous#45BC6F, #4593BC

Triadic#AA45BC, #BCAA45

Split complementary#BC4593, #BC6F45

Tetradic#6E45BC, #BC4557, #93BC45

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#DBF2EF

Lighter +30%#B5E5DD

Lighter +20%#90D7CC

Lighter +10%#6ACABB

Darker −10%#379789

Darker −20%#297267

Darker −30%#1C4C45

Darker −40%#0E2723

More saturated +25%#25DCC0

Less saturated −25%#659C94

Channel breakdown

R69

G188

B170

Red69 (27.1%)

Green188 (73.7%)

Blue170 (66.7%)

Hue170.92°

Saturation (HSL)47.04%

Lightness50.39%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 45 · G BC · B AA

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