#45AEC4#45AEC4

#45AEC4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.100 H 214.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45AEC4
RGB	rgb(69, 174, 196)
HSL	hsl(190, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(190, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 11.2%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.15, -23.20, -20.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.15, 30.72, 220.95°)
OKLab	oklab(69.91% -0.0828 -0.0559)
OKLCH	oklch(69.91% 0.1 214)
XYZ	xyz(27.5500, 35.5199, 57.6179)
Luminance	0.3552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45AEC4 #C45B45

analogous

#45C49B #45AEC4 #456EC4

triadic

#45AEC4 #C445AE #AEC445

tetradic

#45AEC4 #9B45C4 #C45B45 #6EC445

square

#45AEC4 #9B45C4 #C45B45 #6EC445

split-complementary

#45AEC4 #C4456E #C49B45

monochromatic

#225F6C #31889B #45AEC4 #73C2D3 #A2D6E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#45AEC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#45AEC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45AEC4

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45AEC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45AEC4	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA9C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C9BC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45aec4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 174, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.100 214.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c6d5',
    500: '#45aec4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45aec4;
$custom-light: #87c6d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45aec4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.394,
    "s": 51.837,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69907,
    "c": 0.09996,
    "h": 214
  },
  "luminance": 0.35523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45AEC4

secondary

#CEA097

accent

#654DDB

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45AEC4

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

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