#45ACE6#45ACE6

#45ACE6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.126 H 237.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#45ACE6
RGBrgb(69, 172, 230)
HSLhsl(202, 76%, 59%)
HSVhsv(202, 70%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(70%, 25.2%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LABlab(66.89, -11.31, -37.74)
CIE-LCHlch(66.89, 39.40, 253.32°)
OKLaboklab(70.93% -0.0684 -0.1063)
OKLCHoklch(70.93% 0.126 237.2)
XYZxyz(31.4841, 36.4799, 80.2296)
Luminance0.3648 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#45ACE6 #E67F45
analogous
#45E6CF #45ACE6 #455BE6
triadic
#45ACE6 #E645AC #ACE645
tetradic
#45ACE6 #CF45E6 #E67F45 #5BE645
square
#45ACE6 #CF45E6 #E67F45 #5BE645
split-complementary
#45ACE6 #E6455B #E6CF45
monochromatic
#156B9C #1C90D2 #45ACE6 #7BC4ED #B1DCF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53
#45ACE6 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30
#45ACE6 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45ACE6
8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##45ACE6#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##45ACE61.002.538.308.30
#FFFFFF2.531.0021.0021.00
#0000008.3021.001.001.00
##0000008.3021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#91ABE9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7B9CE5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BBC0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #45ace6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 172, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.126 237.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc4ee',
    500: '#45ace6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #45ace6;
$custom-light: #8bc4ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#45ace6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.615,
    "s": 76.303,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70929,
    "c": 0.12641,
    "h": 237.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#45ACE6
secondary
#E3BBA4
accent
#7935F3
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F8FD
border
#CCD1D5
text
#0D1216
muted
#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #45ACE6

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#45ACE6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva