#45C1DC#45C1DC

#45C1DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.113 H 215.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45C1DC
RGB	rgb(69, 193, 220)
HSL	hsl(191, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(191, 69%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 12.3%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.61, -25.48, -23.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.61, 34.63, 222.63°)
OKLab	oklab(75.38% -0.0926 -0.0653)
OKLCH	oklch(75.38% 0.113 215.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.4371, 44.5685, 74.4839)
Luminance	0.4457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45C1DC #DC6045

analogous

#45DCAB #45C1DC #4576DC

triadic

#45C1DC #DC45C1 #C1DC45

tetradic

#45C1DC #AB45DC #DC6045 #76DC45

square

#45C1DC #AB45DC #DC6045 #76DC45

split-complementary

#45C1DC #DC4576 #DCAB45

monochromatic

#1A788C #24A4C0 #45C1DC #79D2E6 #ACE3EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#45C1DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#45C1DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45C1DC

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45C1DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45C1DC	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEBBDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99ABDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45c1dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 193, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.113 215.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd4e7',
    500: '#45c1dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45c1dc;
$custom-light: #8bd4e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45c1dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.728,
    "s": 68.326,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75376,
    "c": 0.11334,
    "h": 215.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45C1DC

secondary

#DDABA0

accent

#5C3DEB

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #45C1DC

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

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