Recognised as Colour

#45DCD8

#45DCD8
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Medium turquoise

#45DCD8 is a cyan with RGB values 69, 220, 216 and HSL 178°, 68%, 57%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium turquoise.

Colour values

#45DCD8#45DCD8

HEX#45DCD8

RGBrgb(69, 220, 216)

RGB (0–1)0.2706, 0.8627, 0.8471

RGB percentages27.1%, 86.3%, 84.7%

HSLhsl(178.4, 68.3%, 56.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(178.4, 68.6%, 86.3%)

CMYK68.6%, 0%, 1.8%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,578,520

CSS custom property--colour: #45DCD8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.57409WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness187.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.48:1

Contrast with white1.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.48:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BCBCBC

Inverted#BA2327

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#CFD1D8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#B8C1D9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.5 from the original

Tritanopia#00E2DAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.68:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.48:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 4.3 Dark turquoise · ΔE 6.5 Turquoise · ΔE 7.2 Aqua · ΔE 14.5 Cyan · ΔE 14.5 Light seagreen · ΔE 15.1

Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 4.29, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#DC4549

Analogous#45DC8C, #4594DC

Triadic#D845DC, #DCD845

Split complementary#DC4594, #DC8C45

Tetradic#8D45DC, #DC4549, #95DC45

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F1FCFC

Lighter +30%#C6F4F3

Lighter +20%#9BECEA

Lighter +10%#70E4E1

Darker −10%#26C8C4

Darker −20%#1E9D9A

Darker −30%#167270

Darker −40%#0D4846

More saturated +25%#29F8F2

Less saturated −25%#61C0BE

Channel breakdown

R69

G220

B216

Red69 (27.1%)

Green220 (86.3%)

Blue216 (84.7%)

Hue178.41°

Saturation (HSL)68.33%

Lightness56.67%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 45 · G DC · B D8

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