#45AFC9#45AFC9

#45AFC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.103 H 217.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45AFC9
RGB	rgb(69, 175, 201)
HSL	hsl(192, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(192, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 12.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.63, -22.18, -22.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.63, 31.36, 224.99°)
OKLab	oklab(70.35% -0.0819 -0.0617)
OKLCH	oklch(70.35% 0.103 217)
XYZ	xyz(28.3225, 36.1391, 60.7299)
Luminance	0.3614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45AFC9 #C95F45

analogous

#45C9A1 #45AFC9 #456DC9

triadic

#45AFC9 #C945AF #AFC945

tetradic

#45AFC9 #A145C9 #C95F45 #6DC945

square

#45AFC9 #A145C9 #C95F45 #6DC945

split-complementary

#45AFC9 #C9456D #C9A145

monochromatic

#216272 #2F8BA2 #45AFC9 #74C3D7 #A4D8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#45AFC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#45AFC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45AFC9

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45AFC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45AFC9	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EAACA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9CC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45afc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 175, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.103 217.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c7d9',
    500: '#45afc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45afc9;
$custom-light: #88c7d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45afc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.818,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70347,
    "c": 0.10254,
    "h": 217
  },
  "luminance": 0.36142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45AFC9

secondary

#D1A498

accent

#6749DE

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45AFC9

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

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