#45AFC5#45AFC5

#45AFC5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.101 H 213.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45AFC5
RGB	rgb(69, 175, 197)
HSL	hsl(190, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(190, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 11.2%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.48, -23.41, -20.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.48, 30.90, 220.76°)
OKLab	oklab(70.19% -0.0835 -0.0561)
OKLCH	oklch(70.19% 0.101 213.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.8581, 35.9534, 58.2840)
Luminance	0.3596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45AFC5 #C55B45

analogous

#45C59B #45AFC5 #456FC5

triadic

#45AFC5 #C545AF #AFC545

tetradic

#45AFC5 #9B45C5 #C55B45 #6FC545

square

#45AFC5 #9B45C5 #C55B45 #6FC545

split-complementary

#45AFC5 #C5456F #C59B45

monochromatic

#22616D #318A9C #45AFC5 #74C3D4 #A2D7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#45AFC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#45AFC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45AFC5

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45AFC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45AFC5	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA9C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C9CC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45afc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 175, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.101 213.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c7d6',
    500: '#45afc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45afc5;
$custom-light: #87c7d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45afc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.313,
    "s": 52.459,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70186,
    "c": 0.10056,
    "h": 213.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45AFC5

secondary

#CFA197

accent

#654CDC

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45AFC5

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

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