#45ADE6#45ADE6

#45ADE6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.126 H 236.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#45ADE6
RGBrgb(69, 173, 230)
HSLhsl(201, 76%, 59%)
HSVhsv(201, 70%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(70%, 24.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LABlab(67.17, -11.85, -37.29)
CIE-LCHlch(67.17, 39.13, 252.37°)
OKLaboklab(71.16% -0.0694 -0.105)
OKLCHoklch(71.16% 0.126 236.5)
XYZxyz(31.6751, 36.8620, 80.2933)
Luminance0.3687 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#45ADE6 #E67E45
analogous
#45E6CE #45ADE6 #455CE6
triadic
#45ADE6 #E645AD #ADE645
tetradic
#45ADE6 #CE45E6 #E67E45 #5CE645
square
#45ADE6 #CE45E6 #E67E45 #5CE645
split-complementary
#45ADE6 #E6455C #E6CE45
monochromatic
#156C9C #1C91D2 #45ADE6 #7BC5ED #B1DDF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51
#45ADE6 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37
#45ADE6 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45ADE6
8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##45ADE6#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##45ADE61.002.518.378.37
#FFFFFF2.511.0021.0021.00
#0000008.3721.001.001.00
##0000008.3721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#92ACE9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7C9DE5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BCC0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #45ade6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 173, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.126 236.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc5ee',
    500: '#45ade6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #45ade6;
$custom-light: #8bc5ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#45ade6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.242,
    "s": 76.303,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71159,
    "c": 0.12584,
    "h": 236.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#45ADE6
secondary
#E3BAA4
accent
#7835F3
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F8FD
border
#CCD1D5
text
#0D1216
muted
#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #45ADE6

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#45ADE6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva