#45C2EA#45C2EA

#45C2EA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.121 H 223.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45C2EA
RGB	rgb(69, 194, 234)
HSL	hsl(195, 80%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(195, 71%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 17.1%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.41, -21.64, -29.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.41, 36.84, 234.03°)
OKLab	oklab(76.19% -0.0883 -0.0834)
OKLCH	oklch(76.19% 0.121 223.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.5912, 45.7851, 84.7349)
Luminance	0.4579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45C2EA #EA6D45

analogous

#45EABF #45C2EA #4570EA

triadic

#45C2EA #EA45C2 #C2EA45

tetradic

#45C2EA #BF45EA #EA6D45 #70EA45

square

#45C2EA #BF45EA #EA6D45 #70EA45

split-complementary

#45C2EA #EA4570 #EABF45

monochromatic

#127FA2 #19ABD9 #45C2EA #7CD4F0 #B3E6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#45C2EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#45C2EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45C2EA

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45C2EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45C2EA	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBEEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95ADEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45c2ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 194, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.121 223.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd4f0',
    500: '#45c2ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45c2ea;
$custom-light: #8dd4f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45c2ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.545,
    "s": 79.71,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76186,
    "c": 0.12145,
    "h": 223.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45C2EA

secondary

#E6B5A5

accent

#6132F6

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #45C2EA

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

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