#45AED5#45AED5

#45AED5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.110 H 226.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45AED5
RGB	rgb(69, 174, 213)
HSL	hsl(196, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(196, 68%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 18.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.78, -17.90, -28.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.78, 33.71, 237.92°)
OKLab	oklab(70.62% -0.0763 -0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(70.62% 0.11 226.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.5957, 36.3382, 68.3921)
Luminance	0.3634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45AED5 #D56C45

analogous

#45D5B4 #45AED5 #4566D5

triadic

#45AED5 #D545AE #AED545

tetradic

#45AED5 #B445D5 #D56C45 #66D545

square

#45AED5 #B445D5 #D56C45 #66D545

split-complementary

#45AED5 #D54566 #D5B445

monochromatic

#1D6782 #298EB4 #45AED5 #77C4E0 #A9D9EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#45AED5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#45AED5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45AED5

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45AED5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45AED5	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99ABD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859CD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45aed5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 174, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.110 226.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c6e2',
    500: '#45aed5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45aed5;
$custom-light: #89c6e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45aed5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.25,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70616,
    "c": 0.11047,
    "h": 226.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45AED5

secondary

#D9AD9D

accent

#6E42E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45AED5

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

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