#45AFC8#45AFC8

#45AFC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.102 H 216.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45AFC8
RGB	rgb(69, 175, 200)
HSL	hsl(191, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(191, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 12.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.59, -22.49, -21.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.59, 31.23, 223.94°)
OKLab	oklab(70.31% -0.0823 -0.0603)
OKLCH	oklch(70.31% 0.102 216.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.2052, 36.0922, 60.1124)
Luminance	0.3609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45AFC8 #C85E45

analogous

#45C89F #45AFC8 #456EC8

triadic

#45AFC8 #C845AF #AFC845

tetradic

#45AFC8 #9F45C8 #C85E45 #6EC845

square

#45AFC8 #9F45C8 #C85E45 #6EC845

split-complementary

#45AFC8 #C8456E #C89F45

monochromatic

#216271 #2F8BA0 #45AFC8 #74C3D6 #A3D8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#45AFC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#45AFC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45AFC8

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45AFC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45AFC8	1.00	2.56	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EAAC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9CC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45afc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 175, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.102 216.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c7d8',
    500: '#45afc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45afc8;
$custom-light: #87c7d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45afc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.45,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70307,
    "c": 0.10202,
    "h": 216.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45AFC8

secondary

#D1A398

accent

#664ADE

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45AFC8

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

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