#45AEE6#45AEE6

#45AEE6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.125 H 235.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45AEE6
RGB	rgb(69, 174, 230)
HSL	hsl(201, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(201, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 24.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.46, -12.39, -36.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.46, 38.87, 251.40°)
OKLab	oklab(71.39% -0.0704 -0.1037)
OKLCH	oklch(71.39% 0.125 235.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.8676, 37.2469, 80.3574)
Luminance	0.3725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45AEE6 #E67D45

analogous

#45E6CE #45AEE6 #455DE6

triadic

#45AEE6 #E645AE #AEE645

tetradic

#45AEE6 #CE45E6 #E67D45 #5DE645

square

#45AEE6 #CE45E6 #E67D45 #5DE645

split-complementary

#45AEE6 #E6455D #E6CE45

monochromatic

#156D9C #1C93D2 #45AEE6 #7BC5ED #B1DDF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#45AEE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#45AEE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45AEE6

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45AEE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45AEE6	1.00	2.49	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93ADE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D9DE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45aee6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 174, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.125 235.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc6ee',
    500: '#45aee6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45aee6;
$custom-light: #8bc6ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45aee6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.87,
    "s": 76.303,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71388,
    "c": 0.1253,
    "h": 235.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45AEE6

secondary

#E3BAA4

accent

#7735F3

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #45AEE6

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

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