#45AAE6#45AAE6

#45AAE6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.128 H 238.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45AAE6
RGB	rgb(69, 170, 230)
HSL	hsl(202, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(202, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 26.1%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.31, -10.21, -38.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.31, 39.96, 255.19°)
OKLab	oklab(70.47% -0.0665 -0.1089)
OKLCH	oklch(70.47% 0.128 238.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.1063, 35.7244, 80.1037)
Luminance	0.3573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45AAE6 #E68145

analogous

#45E6D1 #45AAE6 #4559E6

triadic

#45AAE6 #E645AA #AAE645

tetradic

#45AAE6 #D145E6 #E68145 #59E645

square

#45AAE6 #D145E6 #E68145 #59E645

split-complementary

#45AAE6 #E64559 #E6D145

monochromatic

#15699C #1C8ED2 #45AAE6 #7BC3ED #B1DBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#45AAE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#45AAE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45AAE6

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45AAE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45AAE6	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EAAE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#789AE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45aae6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 170, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.128 238.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc3ee',
    500: '#45aae6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45aae6;
$custom-light: #8bc3ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45aae6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.36,
    "s": 76.303,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70472,
    "c": 0.1276,
    "h": 238.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45AAE6

secondary

#E3BBA4

accent

#7C35F3

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #45AAE6

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

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