#45AACE#45AACE

#45AACE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.106 H 225.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45AACE
RGB	rgb(69, 170, 206)
HSL	hsl(196, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(196, 67%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 17.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.33, -18.02, -26.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.33, 32.39, 236.21°)
OKLab	oklab(69.37% -0.0748 -0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(69.37% 0.106 225.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.9651, 34.4679, 63.5597)
Luminance	0.3447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45AACE #CE6945

analogous

#45CEAD #45AACE #4566CE

triadic

#45AACE #CE45AA #AACE45

tetradic

#45AACE #AD45CE #CE6945 #66CE45

square

#45AACE #AD45CE #CE6945 #66CE45

split-complementary

#45AACE #CE4566 #CEAD45

monochromatic

#206179 #2D88A9 #45AACE #75C0DB #A6D6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#45AACE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#45AACE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45AACE

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45AACE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45AACE	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A7D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8398CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45aace;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 170, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.106 225.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c3dd',
    500: '#45aace',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45aace;
$custom-light: #88c3dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45aace",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.766,
    "s": 58.298,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69372,
    "c": 0.1061,
    "h": 225.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45AACE

secondary

#D5AA9A

accent

#6F46E2

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #45AACE

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

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