#45AECC#45AECC

#45AECC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.104 H 220.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45AECC
RGB	rgb(69, 174, 204)
HSL	hsl(193, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(193, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 14.7%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.44, -20.74, -24.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.44, 31.81, 229.31°)
OKLab	oklab(70.23% -0.0797 -0.0672)
OKLCH	oklch(70.23% 0.104 220.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.4849, 35.8938, 62.5420)
Luminance	0.3590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45AECC #CC6345

analogous

#45CCA6 #45AECC #456ACC

triadic

#45AECC #CC45AE #AECC45

tetradic

#45AECC #A645CC #CC6345 #6ACC45

square

#45AECC #A645CC #CC6345 #6ACC45

split-complementary

#45AECC #CC456A #CCA645

monochromatic

#206376 #2E8BA6 #45AECC #75C3D9 #A5D8E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#45AECC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#45AECC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45AECC

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45AECC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45AECC	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAACE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#899BCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45aecc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 174, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.104 220.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c6db',
    500: '#45aecc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45aecc;
$custom-light: #88c6db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45aecc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.333,
    "s": 56.962,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70233,
    "c": 0.10426,
    "h": 220.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45AECC

secondary

#D3A699

accent

#6948E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45AECC

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

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