#45AEC8#45AEC8

#45AEC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.102 H 217.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45AEC8
RGB	rgb(69, 174, 200)
HSL	hsl(192, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(192, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 13%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.29, -21.98, -22.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.29, 31.19, 225.20°)
OKLab	oklab(70.07% -0.0812 -0.0616)
OKLCH	oklch(70.07% 0.102 217.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.0113, 35.7044, 60.0478)
Luminance	0.3571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45AEC8 #C85F45

analogous

#45C8A0 #45AEC8 #456DC8

triadic

#45AEC8 #C845AE #AEC845

tetradic

#45AEC8 #A045C8 #C85F45 #6DC845

square

#45AEC8 #A045C8 #C85F45 #6DC845

split-complementary

#45AEC8 #C8456D #C8A045

monochromatic

#216171 #2F8AA0 #45AEC8 #74C3D6 #A3D7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#45AEC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#45AEC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45AEC8

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45AEC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45AEC8	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA9C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A9BC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45aec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 174, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.102 217.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c6d8',
    500: '#45aec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45aec8;
$custom-light: #87c6d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45aec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.908,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70068,
    "c": 0.10195,
    "h": 217.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45AEC8

secondary

#D1A398

accent

#674ADE

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45AEC8

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

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