#45C3DE#45C3DE

#45C3DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.114 H 214.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45C3DE
RGB	rgb(69, 195, 222)
HSL	hsl(191, 70%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(191, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 12.2%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.26, -25.86, -23.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.26, 34.97, 222.30°)
OKLab	oklab(75.93% -0.0938 -0.0655)
OKLCH	oklch(75.93% 0.114 214.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.1486, 45.5653, 76.0356)
Luminance	0.4557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45C3DE #DE6045

analogous

#45DEAC #45C3DE #4577DE

triadic

#45C3DE #DE45C3 #C3DE45

tetradic

#45C3DE #AC45DE #DE6045 #77DE45

square

#45C3DE #AC45DE #DE6045 #77DE45

split-complementary

#45C3DE #DE4577 #DEAC45

monochromatic

#197A8F #23A7C3 #45C3DE #79D4E7 #ADE5F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#45C3DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#45C3DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45C3DE

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45C3DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45C3DE	1.00	2.08	10.11	10.11
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0BDE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AADDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45c3de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 195, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.114 214.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd5e8',
    500: '#45c3de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45c3de;
$custom-light: #8cd5e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45c3de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.588,
    "s": 69.863,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75927,
    "c": 0.11445,
    "h": 214.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45C3DE

secondary

#DFABA0

accent

#5A3BED

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #45C3DE

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

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