#45AEEE#45AEEE

#45AEEE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.133 H 239.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45AEEE
RGB	rgb(69, 174, 238)
HSL	hsl(203, 83%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(203, 71%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 26.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.80, -9.74, -40.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.80, 41.83, 256.53°)
OKLab	oklab(71.77% -0.0678 -0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(71.77% 0.133 239.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.0169, 37.7066, 86.4104)
Luminance	0.3771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45AEEE #EE8545

analogous

#45EEDA #45AEEE #4559EE

triadic

#45AEEE #EE45AE #AEEE45

tetradic

#45AEEE #DA45EE #EE8545 #59EE45

square

#45AEEE #DA45EE #EE8545 #59EE45

split-complementary

#45AEEE #EE4559 #EEDA45

monochromatic

#0F6FA9 #1594E1 #45AEEE #7DC6F3 #B5DFF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#45AEEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#45AEEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45AEEE

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45AEEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45AEEE	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90AEF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#799EED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45aeee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 174, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.133 239.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc6f4',
    500: '#45aeee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45aeee;
$custom-light: #8cc6f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45aeee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.722,
    "s": 83.251,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71772,
    "c": 0.1333,
    "h": 239.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45AEEE

secondary

#E8C0A7

accent

#5806E0

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1317

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #45AEEE

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

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