#45ABC4#45ABC4

#45ABC4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.100 H 216.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45ABC4
RGB	rgb(69, 171, 196)
HSL	hsl(192, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(192, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 12.8%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.26, -21.66, -21.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.26, 30.51, 224.77°)
OKLab	oklab(69.19% -0.0797 -0.0598)
OKLCH	oklch(69.19% 0.1 216.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.9769, 34.3737, 57.4269)
Luminance	0.3438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45ABC4 #C45E45

analogous

#45C49E #45ABC4 #456CC4

triadic

#45ABC4 #C445AB #ABC445

tetradic

#45ABC4 #9E45C4 #C45E45 #6CC445

square

#45ABC4 #9E45C4 #C45E45 #6CC445

split-complementary

#45ABC4 #C4456C #C49E45

monochromatic

#225E6C #31869B #45ABC4 #73C0D3 #A2D5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#45ABC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#45ABC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45ABC4

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45ABC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45ABC4	1.00	2.67	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA6C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8899C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45abc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 171, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.100 216.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c4d6',
    500: '#45abc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45abc4;
$custom-light: #87c4d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45abc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.811,
    "s": 51.837,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6919,
    "c": 0.09963,
    "h": 216.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45ABC4

secondary

#CEA297

accent

#694DDB

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #45ABC4

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

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