#45C0DC#45C0DC

#45C0DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.113 H 216.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45C0DC
RGB	rgb(69, 192, 220)
HSL	hsl(191, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(191, 69%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 12.7%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.31, -24.97, -23.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.31, 34.57, 223.74°)
OKLab	oklab(75.14% -0.0916 -0.0666)
OKLCH	oklch(75.14% 0.113 216)
XYZ	xyz(34.2168, 44.1279, 74.4105)
Luminance	0.4413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45C0DC #DC6145

analogous

#45DCAD #45C0DC #4575DC

triadic

#45C0DC #DC45C0 #C0DC45

tetradic

#45C0DC #AD45DC #DC6145 #75DC45

square

#45C0DC #AD45DC #DC6145 #75DC45

split-complementary

#45C0DC #DC4575 #DCAD45

monochromatic

#1A778C #24A3C0 #45C0DC #79D1E6 #ACE3EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#45C0DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#45C0DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45C0DC

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45C0DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45C0DC	1.00	2.14	9.83	9.83
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADBADE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98ABDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45c0dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 192, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.113 216.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd3e7',
    500: '#45c0dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45c0dc;
$custom-light: #8bd3e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45c0dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.126,
    "s": 68.326,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75141,
    "c": 0.11327,
    "h": 216
  },
  "luminance": 0.44132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45C0DC

secondary

#DDABA0

accent

#5D3DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #45C0DC

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

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