#45C2DE#45C2DE

#45C2DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.114 H 215.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45C2DE
RGB	rgb(69, 194, 222)
HSL	hsl(191, 70%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(191, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 12.6%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.97, -25.36, -23.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.97, 34.91, 223.40°)
OKLab	oklab(75.69% -0.0928 -0.0668)
OKLCH	oklch(75.69% 0.114 215.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.9253, 45.1187, 75.9612)
Luminance	0.4512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45C2DE #DE6145

analogous

#45DEAD #45C2DE #4576DE

triadic

#45C2DE #DE45C2 #C2DE45

tetradic

#45C2DE #AD45DE #DE6145 #76DE45

square

#45C2DE #AD45DE #DE6145 #76DE45

split-complementary

#45C2DE #DE4576 #DEAD45

monochromatic

#197A8F #23A6C3 #45C2DE #79D3E7 #ADE4F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#45C2DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02

#45C2DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45C2DE

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45C2DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45C2DE	1.00	2.09	10.02	10.02
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFBCE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99ACDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45c2de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 194, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.114 215.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd4e8',
    500: '#45c2de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45c2de;
$custom-light: #8cd4e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45c2de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.98,
    "s": 69.863,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75692,
    "c": 0.11438,
    "h": 215.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45C2DE

secondary

#DFACA0

accent

#5C3BED

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #45C2DE

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

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