Colour

#45BEE6

#45BEE6
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Sky blue

#45BEE6 is a cyan with RGB values 69, 190, 230 and HSL 195°, 76%, 59%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

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HEX#45BEE6

RGBrgb(69, 190, 230)

RGB (0–1)0.2706, 0.7451, 0.902

RGB percentages27.1%, 74.5%, 90.2%

HSLhsl(194.9, 76.3%, 58.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(194.9, 70%, 90.2%)

CMYK70%, 17.4%, 0%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,570,854

CSS custom property--colour: #45BEE6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43805WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness169.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.76:1

Contrast with white2.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A7A7A7

Inverted#BA4119

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A7BAE8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#91AAE6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27 from the original

Tritanopia#00CACBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.15:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 12.5 Light skyblue · ΔE 12.6 Deep skyblue · ΔE 13.3 Light blue · ΔE 23.8 Cadetblue · ΔE 24.8 Light steelblue · ΔE 25.1

Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 12.53, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#E66D45

Analogous#45E6BD, #456EE6

Triadic#E645BE, #BEE645

Split complementary#E6456E, #E6BD45

Tetradic#BD45E6, #E66D45, #6EE645

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F9FDFE

Lighter +30%#CCEDF8

Lighter +20%#9FDDF2

Lighter +10%#72CEEC

Darker −10%#1DACDB

Darker −20%#1788AE

Darker −30%#116581

Darker −40%#0B4254

More saturated +25%#2CCBFF

Less saturated −25%#5FB1CC

Channel breakdown

R69

G190

B230

Red69 (27.1%)

Green190 (74.5%)

Blue230 (90.2%)

Hue194.91°

Saturation (HSL)76.3%

Lightness58.63%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 45 · G BE · B E6

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