#45AAC8#45AAC8

#45AAC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.102 H 220.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45AAC8
RGB	rgb(69, 170, 200)
HSL	hsl(194, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(194, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 15%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.11, -19.90, -23.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.11, 31.13, 230.26°)
OKLab	oklab(69.12% -0.0771 -0.0667)
OKLCH	oklch(69.12% 0.102 220.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.2501, 34.1819, 59.7940)
Luminance	0.3418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45AAC8 #C86345

analogous

#45C8A4 #45AAC8 #4569C8

triadic

#45AAC8 #C845AA #AAC845

tetradic

#45AAC8 #A445C8 #C86345 #69C845

square

#45AAC8 #A445C8 #C86345 #69C845

split-complementary

#45AAC8 #C84569 #C8A445

monochromatic

#215F71 #2F87A0 #45AAC8 #74C0D6 #A3D5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#45AAC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#45AAC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45AAC8

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45AAC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45AAC8	1.00	2.68	7.84	7.84
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A6CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8598C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45aac8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 170, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.102 220.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c3d8',
    500: '#45aac8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45aac8;
$custom-light: #87c3d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45aac8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.74,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69116,
    "c": 0.10197,
    "h": 220.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45AAC8

secondary

#D1A598

accent

#6C4ADE

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #45AAC8

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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