Recognised as Colour

#45FFE5

#45FFE5
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aquamarine

#45FFE5 is a cyan with RGB values 69, 255, 229 and HSL 172°, 100%, 64%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aquamarine.

Colour values

#45FFE5#45FFE5

HEX#45FFE5

RGBrgb(69, 255, 229)

RGB (0–1)0.2706, 1, 0.898

RGB percentages27.1%, 100%, 89.8%

HSLhsl(171.6, 100%, 63.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(171.6, 72.9%, 100%)

CMYK72.9%, 0%, 10.2%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,587,493

CSS custom property--colour: #45FFE5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.78442WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness213.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.69:1

Contrast with white1.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D6D6D6

Inverted#BA001A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F4F0E4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 51.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#DADDE7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 52.4 from the original

Tritanopia#00FFF7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.26:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aquamarine · ΔE 12 Turquoise · ΔE 12.5 Aqua · ΔE 13.7 Cyan · ΔE 13.7 Medium turquoise · ΔE 21.2 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 22

Nearest named CSS colourAquamarine (#7FFFD4)ΔE 12.01, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FF455F

Analogous#45FF88, #45BCFF

Triadic#E545FF, #FFE545

Split complementary#FF45BC, #FF8845

Tetradic#8845FF, #FF455F, #BCFF45

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#DEFFFA

Lighter +20%#ABFFF3

Lighter +10%#78FFEC

Darker −10%#12FFDE

Darker −20%#00DEBF

Darker −30%#00AB93

Darker −40%#007867

More saturated +25%#45FFE5

Less saturated −25%#5CE8D4

Channel breakdown

R69

G255

B229

Red69 (27.1%)

Green255 (100%)

Blue229 (89.8%)

Hue171.61°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness63.53%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 45 · G FF · B E5

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