#45AFE1#45AFE1

#45AFE1 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.120 H 232.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45AFE1
RGB	rgb(69, 175, 225)
HSL	hsl(199, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(199, 69%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 22.2%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.54, -14.57, -33.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.54, 36.96, 246.78°)
OKLab	oklab(71.39% -0.073 -0.0954)
OKLCH	oklch(71.39% 0.12 232.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.3694, 37.3579, 76.7771)
Luminance	0.3736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45AFE1 #E17745

analogous

#45E1C5 #45AFE1 #4561E1

triadic

#45AFE1 #E145AF #AFE145

tetradic

#45AFE1 #C545E1 #E17745 #61E145

square

#45AFE1 #C545E1 #E17745 #61E145

split-complementary

#45AFE1 #E14561 #E1C545

monochromatic

#186C94 #2093C8 #45AFE1 #7AC6E9 #AEDCF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#45AFE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#45AFE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45AFE1

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45AFE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45AFE1	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96ADE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#819EE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45afe1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 175, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.120 232.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc6ea',
    500: '#45afe1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45afe1;
$custom-light: #8bc6ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45afe1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.231,
    "s": 72.222,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71386,
    "c": 0.12014,
    "h": 232.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45AFE1

secondary

#E0B6A2

accent

#7339EF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FD

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #45AFE1

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

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