#45AEE1#45AEE1

#45AEE1 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.121 H 233.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45AEE1
RGB	rgb(69, 174, 225)
HSL	hsl(200, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(200, 69%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 22.7%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.25, -14.03, -34.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.25, 37.17, 247.82°)
OKLab	oklab(71.16% -0.072 -0.0967)
OKLCH	oklch(71.16% 0.121 233.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.1755, 36.9701, 76.7125)
Luminance	0.3697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45AEE1 #E17845

analogous

#45E1C6 #45AEE1 #4560E1

triadic

#45AEE1 #E145AE #AEE145

tetradic

#45AEE1 #C645E1 #E17845 #60E145

square

#45AEE1 #C645E1 #E17845 #60E145

split-complementary

#45AEE1 #E14560 #E1C645

monochromatic

#186B94 #2092C8 #45AEE1 #7AC5E9 #AEDCF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#45AEE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#45AEE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45AEE1

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45AEE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45AEE1	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95ACE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809DE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45aee1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 174, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.121 233.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc6ea',
    500: '#45aee1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45aee1;
$custom-light: #8bc6ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45aee1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.615,
    "s": 72.222,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71155,
    "c": 0.12059,
    "h": 233.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45AEE1

secondary

#E0B6A2

accent

#7439EF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FD

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #45AEE1

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

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