#45AED6#45AED6

#45AED6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.111 H 227.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45AED6
RGB	rgb(69, 174, 214)
HSL	hsl(197, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(197, 68%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 18.7%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.82, -17.58, -29.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.82, 33.96, 238.82°)
OKLab	oklab(70.66% -0.0759 -0.0813)
OKLCH	oklch(70.66% 0.111 227)
XYZ	xyz(29.7230, 36.3891, 69.0626)
Luminance	0.3639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45AED6 #D66D45

analogous

#45D6B6 #45AED6 #4565D6

triadic

#45AED6 #D645AE #AED645

tetradic

#45AED6 #B645D6 #D66D45 #65D645

square

#45AED6 #B645D6 #D66D45 #65D645

split-complementary

#45AED6 #D64565 #D6B645

monochromatic

#1D6784 #288FB6 #45AED6 #77C4E1 #A9DAEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#45AED6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#45AED6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45AED6

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45AED6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45AED6	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99ABD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859CD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45aed6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 174, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.111 227.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c6e2',
    500: '#45aed6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45aed6;
$custom-light: #89c6e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45aed6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.552,
    "s": 63.877,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7066,
    "c": 0.11124,
    "h": 227
  },
  "luminance": 0.36392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45AED6

secondary

#DAAE9D

accent

#6F41E7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45AED6

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

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