#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
RGB	rgb(69, 173, 230)
HSL	hsl(201, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(201, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 24.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.17, -11.85, -37.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.17, 39.13, 252.37°)
OKLab	oklab(71.16% -0.0694 -0.105)
OKLCH	oklch(71.16% 0.126 236.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.6751, 36.8620, 80.2933)
Luminance	0.3687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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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
##45ADE6	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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