#45AECE#45AECE

#45AECE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.106 H 221.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45AECE
RGB	rgb(69, 174, 206)
HSL	hsl(194, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(194, 67%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 15.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.51, -20.11, -25.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.51, 32.17, 231.30°)
OKLab	oklab(70.32% -0.0789 -0.07)
OKLCH	oklch(70.32% 0.106 221.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.7263, 35.9904, 63.8135)
Luminance	0.3599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45AECE #CE6545

analogous

#45CEAA #45AECE #456ACE

triadic

#45AECE #CE45AE #AECE45

tetradic

#45AECE #AA45CE #CE6545 #6ACE45

square

#45AECE #AA45CE #CE6545 #6ACE45

split-complementary

#45AECE #CE456A #CEAA45

monochromatic

#206479 #2D8CA9 #45AECE #75C3DB #A6D8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#45AECE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#45AECE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45AECE

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45AECE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45AECE	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BAAD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889CCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45aece;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 174, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.106 221.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c6dd',
    500: '#45aece',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45aece;
$custom-light: #88c6dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45aece",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.015,
    "s": 58.298,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70317,
    "c": 0.10552,
    "h": 221.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45AECE

secondary

#D5A89A

accent

#6B46E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45AECE

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

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