#45AFE6#45AFE6

#45AFE6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.125 H 235.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45AFE6
RGB	rgb(69, 175, 230)
HSL	hsl(200, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(200, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 23.9%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.75, -12.94, -36.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.75, 38.62, 250.43°)
OKLab	oklab(71.62% -0.0713 -0.1024)
OKLCH	oklch(71.62% 0.125 235.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.0615, 37.6347, 80.4221)
Luminance	0.3764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45AFE6 #E67C45

analogous

#45E6CC #45AFE6 #455EE6

triadic

#45AFE6 #E645AF #AFE645

tetradic

#45AFE6 #CC45E6 #E67C45 #5EE645

square

#45AFE6 #CC45E6 #E67C45 #5EE645

split-complementary

#45AFE6 #E6455E #E6CC45

monochromatic

#156E9C #1C94D2 #45AFE6 #7BC6ED #B1DDF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#45AFE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#45AFE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45AFE6

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45AFE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45AFE6	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94AEE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E9EE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45afe6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 175, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.125 235.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc6ee',
    500: '#45afe6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45afe6;
$custom-light: #8bc6ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45afe6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.497,
    "s": 76.303,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71618,
    "c": 0.12476,
    "h": 235.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45AFE6

secondary

#E3B9A4

accent

#7635F3

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #45AFE6

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

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