#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
RGB	rgb(69, 172, 230)
HSL	hsl(202, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(202, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 25.2%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.89, -11.31, -37.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.89, 39.40, 253.32°)
OKLab	oklab(70.93% -0.0684 -0.1063)
OKLCH	oklch(70.93% 0.126 237.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.4841, 36.4799, 80.2296)
Luminance	0.3648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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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
##45ACE6	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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