#45AED4#45AED4

#45AED4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.110 H 225.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45AED4
RGB	rgb(69, 174, 212)
HSL	hsl(196, 62%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(196, 67%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 17.9%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.74, -18.22, -28.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.74, 33.47, 237.01°)
OKLab	oklab(70.57% -0.0767 -0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(70.57% 0.11 225.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.4692, 36.2875, 67.7257)
Luminance	0.3629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45AED4 #D46B45

analogous

#45D4B2 #45AED4 #4567D4

triadic

#45AED4 #D445AE #AED445

tetradic

#45AED4 #B245D4 #D46B45 #67D445

square

#45AED4 #B245D4 #D46B45 #67D445

split-complementary

#45AED4 #D44567 #D4B245

monochromatic

#1E6781 #298EB3 #45AED4 #77C4DF #A8D9EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#45AED4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#45AED4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45AED4

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45AED4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45AED4	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99ABD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859CD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45aed4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 174, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.110 225.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c6e1',
    500: '#45aed4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45aed4;
$custom-light: #89c6e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45aed4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.944,
    "s": 62.445,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70573,
    "c": 0.10972,
    "h": 225.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45AED4

secondary

#D8AC9C

accent

#6E42E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45AED4

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

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