#45AFE2#45AFE2

#45AFE2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.121 H 233.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45AFE2
RGB	rgb(69, 175, 226)
HSL	hsl(199, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(199, 69%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.5%, 22.6%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.59, -14.25, -34.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.59, 37.28, 247.54°)
OKLab	oklab(71.43% -0.0727 -0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(71.43% 0.121 233.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.5062, 37.4126, 77.4977)
Luminance	0.3742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45AFE2 #E27845

analogous

#45E2C6 #45AFE2 #4561E2

triadic

#45AFE2 #E245AF #AFE245

tetradic

#45AFE2 #C645E2 #E27845 #61E245

square

#45AFE2 #C645E2 #E27845 #61E245

split-complementary

#45AFE2 #E24561 #E2C645

monochromatic

#176C95 #2093CA #45AFE2 #7AC6EA #AFDDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#45AFE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#45AFE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45AFE2

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45AFE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45AFE2	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96ADE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809EE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45afe2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 175, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.121 233.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc6eb',
    500: '#45afe2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45afe2;
$custom-light: #8bc6eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45afe2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.49,
    "s": 73.023,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71432,
    "c": 0.12105,
    "h": 233.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45AFE2

secondary

#E1B6A2

accent

#7438F0

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #45AFE2

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

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