#45AEC6#45AEC6

#45AEC6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.101 H 215.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45AEC6
RGB	rgb(69, 174, 198)
HSL	hsl(191, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(191, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 12.1%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.22, -22.59, -21.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.22, 30.93, 223.09°)
OKLab	oklab(69.99% -0.082 -0.0588)
OKLCH	oklch(69.99% 0.101 215.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.7791, 35.6115, 58.8248)
Luminance	0.3562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45AEC6 #C65D45

analogous

#45C69E #45AEC6 #456DC6

triadic

#45AEC6 #C645AE #AEC645

tetradic

#45AEC6 #9E45C6 #C65D45 #6DC645

square

#45AEC6 #9E45C6 #C65D45 #6DC645

split-complementary

#45AEC6 #C6456D #C69E45

monochromatic

#22606F #30899E #45AEC6 #74C2D4 #A3D7E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#45AEC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#45AEC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45AEC6

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45AEC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45AEC6	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA9C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9BC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45aec6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 174, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.101 215.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c6d7',
    500: '#45aec6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45aec6;
$custom-light: #87c6d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45aec6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.163,
    "s": 53.086,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69987,
    "c": 0.10091,
    "h": 215.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45AEC6

secondary

#CFA297

accent

#664BDC

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45AEC6

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

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