#45ACE2#45ACE2

#45ACE2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.123 H 235.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45ACE2
RGB	rgb(69, 172, 226)
HSL	hsl(201, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(201, 69%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.5%, 23.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.72, -12.63, -35.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.72, 37.97, 250.58°)
OKLab	oklab(70.74% -0.0698 -0.1007)
OKLCH	oklch(70.74% 0.123 235.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.9288, 36.2578, 77.3052)
Luminance	0.3626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45ACE2 #E27B45

analogous

#45E2C9 #45ACE2 #455DE2

triadic

#45ACE2 #E245AC #ACE245

tetradic

#45ACE2 #C945E2 #E27B45 #5DE245

square

#45ACE2 #C945E2 #E27B45 #5DE245

split-complementary

#45ACE2 #E2455D #E2C945

monochromatic

#176A95 #2090CA #45ACE2 #7AC4EA #AFDBF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#45ACE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#45ACE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45ACE2

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45ACE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45ACE2	1.00	2.54	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92ABE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D9CE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45ace2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 172, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.123 235.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc4eb',
    500: '#45ace2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45ace2;
$custom-light: #8bc4eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45ace2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.637,
    "s": 73.023,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7074,
    "c": 0.12251,
    "h": 235.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45ACE2

secondary

#E1B8A2

accent

#7738F0

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FD

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #45ACE2

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

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