#45ADEE#45ADEE

#45ADEE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.134 H 240.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45ADEE
RGB	rgb(69, 173, 238)
HSL	hsl(203, 83%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(203, 71%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 27.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.52, -9.19, -41.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.52, 42.14, 257.40°)
OKLab	oklab(71.55% -0.0668 -0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(71.55% 0.134 240.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.8244, 37.3217, 86.3462)
Luminance	0.3733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45ADEE #EE8645

analogous

#45EEDA #45ADEE #4558EE

triadic

#45ADEE #EE45AD #ADEE45

tetradic

#45ADEE #DA45EE #EE8645 #58EE45

square

#45ADEE #DA45EE #EE8645 #58EE45

split-complementary

#45ADEE #EE4558 #EEDA45

monochromatic

#0F6EA9 #1593E1 #45ADEE #7DC6F3 #B5DEF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#45ADEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#45ADEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45ADEE

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45ADEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45ADEE	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FADF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#789DED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45adee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 173, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.134 240.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc5f4',
    500: '#45adee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45adee;
$custom-light: #8cc5f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45adee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.077,
    "s": 83.251,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71545,
    "c": 0.13395,
    "h": 240.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45ADEE

secondary

#E8C0A7

accent

#5A06E0

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1217

muted

#7E8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #45ADEE

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

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