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#45AFE6

#45afe6 ≈ Deep Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#45afe6 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 27.06% red, 68.63% green and 90.2% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 70% cyan, 23.91% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.8% black. Its hue angle is 200.5°, with 76.3% saturation and 58.63% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.53:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Deep Sky Blue (#00bfff), ΔE 4.87.

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Relative luminance0.3764

Complementary

  1. #45afe6
  2. #e67c45

Split complementary

  1. #45afe6
  2. #e6455f
  3. #e6cd45

Analogous

  1. #45e6cd
  2. #45afe6
  3. #455fe6

Triadic

  1. #45afe6
  2. #e645af
  3. #afe645

Tetradic

  1. #45afe6
  2. #7c45e6
  3. #e67c45
  4. #afe645

Square

  1. #45afe6
  2. #cd45e6
  3. #e67c45
  4. #5fe645

Monochromatic

  1. #115b81
  2. #1a8ac4
  3. #45afe6
  4. #88ccef
  5. #cce9f8

Shades

#45afe6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #45afe6
  2. #3e9ecf
  3. #378cb8
  4. #307ba1
  5. #29698a
  6. #235873
  7. #1c465c
  8. #153545
  9. #0e232e
  10. #071217
  11. #000000

Tints

#45afe6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #45afe6
  2. #58b7e9
  3. #6abfeb
  4. #7dc7ee
  5. #8fcff0
  6. #a2d7f3
  7. #b5dff5
  8. #c7e7f8
  9. #daeffa
  10. #ecf7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#45afe6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #45afe6
  2. #4baadc
  3. #51a6d2
  4. #57a1c7
  5. #5d9cbd
  6. #6398b3
  7. #6893a9
  8. #6e8e9f
  9. #748994
  10. #7a858a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.46:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.53:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a5a5a5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #89a9c2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #94aee9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7e9ee5 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bdc2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7caee8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6ca5e5 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b8d1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-45afe6 {
  color: #45afe6;
}
Background
.bg-45afe6 {
  background-color: #45afe6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-45afe6 {
  border: 2px solid #45afe6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #45afe6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 69 175 230;
  --color-primary-hsl: 201 76% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-45afe6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #45afe6, #455fe6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-45afe6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(69 175 230 / 0.35);
}

#00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 4.87 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.07 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.17 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.54 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.51 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 9.38 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 10.34 #ba5019 Inverted #a5a5a5 Grayscale 

Deep Sky Blue
#45afe6  rgb(69, 175, 230)  hsl(201, 76%, 59%)  Deep Sky Blue
#e67c45  rgb(230, 124, 69)  hsl(21, 76%, 59%)  Mango Tango
#e645af  rgb(230, 69, 175)  hsl(321, 76%, 59%)  Shocking Pink
#afe645  rgb(175, 230, 69)  hsl(81, 76%, 59%)  Inchworm