#45C0DE#45C0DE

#45C0DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.114 H 217.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45C0DE
RGB	rgb(69, 192, 222)
HSL	hsl(192, 70%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(192, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 13.5%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.39, -24.36, -24.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.39, 34.82, 225.60°)
OKLab	oklab(75.22% -0.0909 -0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(75.22% 0.114 217.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.4832, 44.2345, 75.8138)
Luminance	0.4424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45C0DE #DE6345

analogous

#45DEB0 #45C0DE #4573DE

triadic

#45C0DE #DE45C0 #C0DE45

tetradic

#45C0DE #B045DE #DE6345 #73DE45

square

#45C0DE #B045DE #DE6345 #73DE45

split-complementary

#45C0DE #DE4573 #DEB045

monochromatic

#19788F #23A4C3 #45C0DE #79D2E7 #ADE3F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#45C0DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#45C0DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45C0DE

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45C0DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45C0DE	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACBAE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97ABDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45c0de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 192, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.114 217.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd3e8',
    500: '#45c0de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45c0de;
$custom-light: #8bd3e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45c0de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.765,
    "s": 69.863,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75221,
    "c": 0.1143,
    "h": 217.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45C0DE

secondary

#DFACA0

accent

#5E3BED

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #45C0DE

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

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