Colour

#45D9DF

#45D9DF
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Dark turquoise

#45D9DF is a cyan with RGB values 69, 217, 223 and HSL 182°, 71%, 57%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#45D9DF#45D9DF

HEX#45D9DF

RGBrgb(69, 217, 223)

RGB (0–1)0.2706, 0.851, 0.8745

RGB percentages27.1%, 85.1%, 87.5%

HSLhsl(182.3, 70.6%, 57.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(182.3, 69.1%, 87.5%)

CMYK69.1%, 2.7%, 0%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,577,759

CSS custom property--colour: #45D9DF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.56219WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness186.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.24:1

Contrast with white1.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.24:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BABABA

Inverted#BA2620

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#CACFE0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#B3BFE0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.2 from the original

Tritanopia#00E1DAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.72:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.24:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 6 Medium turquoise · ΔE 6.7 Turquoise · ΔE 13.1 Light seagreen · ΔE 16.1 Aqua · ΔE 16.5 Cyan · ΔE 16.5

Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 5.96, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#DF4B45

Analogous#45DF98, #458CDF

Triadic#DF45D9, #D9DF45

Split complementary#DF458C, #DF9845

Tetradic#9845DF, #DF4B45, #8CDF45

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F3FDFD

Lighter +30%#C8F4F5

Lighter +20%#9CEBEE

Lighter +10%#71E2E6

Darker −10%#23C7CE

Darker −20%#1C9DA2

Darker −30%#147377

Darker −40%#0D494B

More saturated +25%#2AF2FA

Less saturated −25%#60C0C4

Channel breakdown

R69

G217

B223

Red69 (27.1%)

Green217 (85.1%)

Blue223 (87.5%)

Hue182.34°

Saturation (HSL)70.64%

Lightness57.25%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 45 · G D9 · B DF

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