#45AFCE#45AFCE

#45AFCE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.105 H 220.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45AFCE
RGB	rgb(69, 175, 206)
HSL	hsl(194, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(194, 67%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 15%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.81, -20.63, -24.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.81, 32.15, 230.08°)
OKLab	oklab(70.55% -0.0799 -0.0688)
OKLCH	oklch(70.55% 0.105 220.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.9202, 36.3782, 63.8781)
Luminance	0.3638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45AFCE #CE6445

analogous

#45CEA9 #45AFCE #456BCE

triadic

#45AFCE #CE45AF #AFCE45

tetradic

#45AFCE #A945CE #CE6445 #6BCE45

square

#45AFCE #A945CE #CE6445 #6BCE45

split-complementary

#45AFCE #CE456B #CEA945

monochromatic

#206579 #2D8DA9 #45AFCE #75C4DB #A6D9E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#45AFCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#45AFCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45AFCE

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45AFCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45AFCE	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CABD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#899CCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45afce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 175, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.105 220.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c7dd',
    500: '#45afce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45afce;
$custom-light: #88c7dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45afce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.577,
    "s": 58.298,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70553,
    "c": 0.10544,
    "h": 220.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45AFCE

secondary

#D5A79A

accent

#6946E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45AFCE

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

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