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Recognised as Colour

#45C2AE

  • #45C2AE
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#45C2AE is a cyan with RGB values 69, 194, 174 and HSL 170°, 51%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#45C2AE#45C2AE
HEX#45C2AE
RGBrgb(69, 194, 174)
RGB (0–1)0.2706, 0.7608, 0.6824
RGB percentages27.1%, 76.1%, 68.2%
HSLhsl(170.4, 50.6%, 51.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(170.4, 64.4%, 76.1%)
CMYK64.4%, 0%, 10.3%, 23.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,571,822
CSS custom property--colour: #45C2AE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42905WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness164.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.58:1
Contrast with white2.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.58:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A6A6A6
Inverted#BA3D51

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BAB7ADno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#A8AAB0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.7 from the original
Tritanopia#00C5BCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.19:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 8.6Medium aquamarine · ΔE 9.4Medium turquoise · ΔE 10Turquoise · ΔE 11.7Dark turquoise · ΔE 14Dark cyan · ΔE 22.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 8.61, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C24559
Analogous#45C26F, #4598C2
Triadic#AE45C2, #C2AE45
Split complementary#C24598, #C26F45
Tetradic#6F45C2, #C24559, #98C245

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DFF4F1
Lighter +30%#B8E8E0
Lighter +20%#92DBCF
Lighter +10%#6BCFBF
Darker −10%#34A08E
Darker −20%#28796C
Darker −30%#1B534A
Darker −40%#0F2C28
More saturated +25%#26E1C3
Less saturated −25%#64A399

Channel breakdown

R69
G194
B174
Red69 (27.1%)
Green194 (76.1%)
Blue174 (68.2%)
Hue170.4°
Saturation (HSL)50.61%
Lightness51.57%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 45 · G C2 · B AE

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