#45AEDE#45AEDE

#45AEDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.118 H 231.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45AEDE
RGB	rgb(69, 174, 222)
HSL	hsl(199, 70%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(199, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 21.6%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.13, -15.01, -32.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.13, 36.22, 245.52°)
OKLab	oklab(71.02% -0.0731 -0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(71.02% 0.118 231.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.7699, 36.8078, 74.5761)
Luminance	0.3681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45AEDE #DE7545

analogous

#45DEC2 #45AEDE #4561DE

triadic

#45AEDE #DE45AE #AEDE45

tetradic

#45AEDE #C245DE #DE7545 #61DE45

square

#45AEDE #C245DE #DE7545 #61DE45

split-complementary

#45AEDE #DE4561 #DEC245

monochromatic

#196A8F #2391C3 #45AEDE #79C5E7 #ADDBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#45AEDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#45AEDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45AEDE

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45AEDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45AEDE	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96ACE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#819DDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45aede;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 174, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.118 231.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac6e8',
    500: '#45aede',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45aede;
$custom-light: #8ac6e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45aede",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.824,
    "s": 69.863,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71017,
    "c": 0.11789,
    "h": 231.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45AEDE

secondary

#DFB4A0

accent

#733BED

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #45AEDE

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

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