Nerdulator> put something in

Colour

#45CAFF

  • #45CAFF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#45CAFF is a cyan with RGB values 69, 202, 255 and HSL 197°, 100%, 64%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#45CAFF#45CAFF
HEX#45CAFF
RGBrgb(69, 202, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.2706, 0.7922, 1
RGB percentages27.1%, 79.2%, 100%
HSLhsl(197.1, 100%, 63.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(197.1, 72.9%, 100%)
CMYK72.9%, 20.8%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,573,951
CSS custom property--colour: #45CAFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50726WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness181.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.15:1
Contrast with white1.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B2B2B2
Inverted#BA3500

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AEC7FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#95B5FEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00D9DCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.88:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 7.5Light skyblue · ΔE 11.8Sky blue · ΔE 15.9Light blue · ΔE 27.1Light steelblue · ΔE 27.7Steel blue · ΔE 28.6
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 7.52, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FF7A45
Analogous#45FFD7, #456DFF
Triadic#FF45CA, #CAFF45
Split complementary#FF456D, #FFD745
Tetradic#D745FF, #FF7A45, #6DFF45

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#DEF6FF
Lighter +20%#ABE7FF
Lighter +10%#78D9FF
Darker −10%#12BBFF
Darker −20%#009FDE
Darker −30%#007AAB
Darker −40%#005678
More saturated +25%#45CAFF
Less saturated −25%#5CC0E8

Channel breakdown

R69
G202
B255
Red69 (27.1%)
Green202 (79.2%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue197.1°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness63.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 45 · G CA · B FF

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 “45caff” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.