Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#45BCE2

  • #45BCE2
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#45BCE2 is a cyan with RGB values 69, 188, 226 and HSL 195°, 73%, 58%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#45BCE2#45BCE2
HEX#45BCE2
RGBrgb(69, 188, 226)
RGB (0–1)0.2706, 0.7373, 0.8863
RGB percentages27.1%, 73.7%, 88.6%
HSLhsl(194.5, 73%, 57.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(194.5, 69.5%, 88.6%)
CMYK69.5%, 16.8%, 0%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,570,338
CSS custom property--colour: #45BCE2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42723WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness167.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.54:1
Contrast with white2.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.54:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A5A5A5
Inverted#BA431D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A6B8E4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#91A8E2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00C8C8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.2:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 12.4Light skyblue · ΔE 13.2Deep skyblue · ΔE 14.4Light blue · ΔE 23.5Cadetblue · ΔE 23.6Dark turquoise · ΔE 24.6
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 12.42, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E26B45
Analogous#45E2B9, #456EE2
Triadic#E245BC, #BCE245
Split complementary#E2456D, #E2B945
Tetradic#BA45E2, #E26B45, #6EE245

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F5FCFE
Lighter +30%#C9ECF7
Lighter +20%#9DDCF0
Lighter +10%#71CCE9
Darker −10%#21A8D3
Darker −20%#1A85A7
Darker −30%#13627B
Darker −40%#0C3F4F
More saturated +25%#2ACAFD
Less saturated −25%#60AEC7

Channel breakdown

R69
G188
B226
Red69 (27.1%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue226 (88.6%)
Hue194.52°
Saturation (HSL)73.02%
Lightness57.84%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 45 · G BC · B E2

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “45bce2” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.