#45C3EF#45C3EF

#45C3EF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.125 H 225.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45C3EF
RGB	rgb(69, 195, 239)
HSL	hsl(196, 84%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(196, 71%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 18.4%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.88, -20.57, -31.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.88, 37.86, 237.09°)
OKLab	oklab(76.63% -0.0874 -0.089)
OKLCH	oklch(76.63% 0.125 225.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.5430, 46.5231, 88.6458)
Luminance	0.4653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45C3EF #EF7145

analogous

#45EFC6 #45C3EF #456EEF

triadic

#45C3EF #EF45C3 #C3EF45

tetradic

#45C3EF #C645EF #EF7145 #6EEF45

square

#45C3EF #C645EF #EF7145 #6EEF45

split-complementary

#45C3EF #EF456E #EFC645

monochromatic

#0F82AB #14ADE3 #45C3EF #7DD5F4 #B6E7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#45C3EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#45C3EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45C3EF

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45C3EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45C3EF	1.00	2.04	10.31	10.31
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBFF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94AEEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45c3ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 195, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.125 225.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed5f4',
    500: '#45c3ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45c3ef;
$custom-light: #8ed5f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45c3ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.529,
    "s": 84.158,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76631,
    "c": 0.12477,
    "h": 225.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45C3EF

secondary

#E8B8A7

accent

#3E05E1

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #45C3EF

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

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