#45AEDB#45AEDB

#45AEDB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.115 H 230.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45AEDB
RGB	rgb(69, 174, 219)
HSL	hsl(198, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(198, 68%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 20.5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.01, -15.98, -31.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.01, 35.32, 243.10°)
OKLab	oklab(70.88% -0.0741 -0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(70.88% 0.115 230)
XYZ	xyz(30.3714, 36.6484, 72.4773)
Luminance	0.3665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45AEDB #DB7245

analogous

#45DBBD #45AEDB #4563DB

triadic

#45AEDB #DB45AE #AEDB45

tetradic

#45AEDB #BD45DB #DB7245 #63DB45

square

#45AEDB #BD45DB #DB7245 #63DB45

split-complementary

#45AEDB #DB4563 #DBBD45

monochromatic

#1B698B #2590BE #45AEDB #78C4E5 #ACDBEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#45AEDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#45AEDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45AEDB

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45AEDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45AEDB	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97ACDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#829DDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45aedb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 174, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.115 230.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac6e6',
    500: '#45aedb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45aedb;
$custom-light: #8ac6e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45aedb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198,
    "s": 67.568,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70882,
    "c": 0.1153,
    "h": 230
  },
  "luminance": 0.36652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45AEDB

secondary

#DDB29F

accent

#713DEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #45AEDB

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

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