#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
RGBrgb(69, 170, 230)
HSLhsl(202, 76%, 59%)
HSVhsv(202, 70%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(70%, 26.1%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LABlab(66.31, -10.21, -38.64)
CIE-LCHlch(66.31, 39.96, 255.19°)
OKLaboklab(70.47% -0.0665 -0.1089)
OKLCHoklch(70.47% 0.128 238.6)
XYZxyz(31.1063, 35.7244, 80.1037)
Luminance0.3573 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

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
##45AAE61.002.588.158.15
#FFFFFF2.581.0021.0021.00
#0000008.1521.001.001.00
##0000008.1521.001.001.00

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

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#45AAE6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva