#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
RGBrgb(69, 174, 230)
HSLhsl(201, 76%, 59%)
HSVhsv(201, 70%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(70%, 24.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LABlab(67.46, -12.39, -36.84)
CIE-LCHlch(67.46, 38.87, 251.40°)
OKLaboklab(71.39% -0.0704 -0.1037)
OKLCHoklch(71.39% 0.125 235.8)
XYZxyz(31.8676, 37.2469, 80.3574)
Luminance0.3725 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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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
##45AEE61.002.498.458.45
#FFFFFF2.491.0021.0021.00
#0000008.4521.001.001.00
##0000008.4521.001.001.00

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

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#45AEE6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva