#45C3E1#45C3E1

#45C3E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.116 H 216.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45C3E1
RGB	rgb(69, 195, 225)
HSL	hsl(192, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(192, 69%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 13.3%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.37, -24.94, -25.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.37, 35.32, 225.07°)
OKLab	oklab(76.05% -0.0927 -0.0697)
OKLCH	oklch(76.05% 0.116 216.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.5543, 45.7276, 78.1721)
Luminance	0.4573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45C3E1 #E16345

analogous

#45E1B1 #45C3E1 #4575E1

triadic

#45C3E1 #E145C3 #C3E145

tetradic

#45C3E1 #B145E1 #E16345 #75E145

square

#45C3E1 #B145E1 #E16345 #75E145

split-complementary

#45C3E1 #E14575 #E1B145

monochromatic

#187C94 #20A8C8 #45C3E1 #7AD4E9 #AEE5F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#45C3E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#45C3E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45C3E1

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45C3E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45C3E1	1.00	2.07	10.15	10.15
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFBDE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99ADE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45c3e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 195, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.116 216.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd5ea',
    500: '#45c3e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45c3e1;
$custom-light: #8cd5ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45c3e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.538,
    "s": 72.222,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76047,
    "c": 0.11594,
    "h": 216.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45C3E1

secondary

#E0AEA2

accent

#5C39EF

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #45C3E1

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

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