#45C4DE#45C4DE

#45C4DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.115 H 214.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45C4DE
RGB	rgb(69, 196, 222)
HSL	hsl(190, 70%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(190, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 11.7%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.56, -26.36, -23.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.56, 35.05, 221.22°)
OKLab	oklab(76.16% -0.0948 -0.0643)
OKLCH	oklch(76.16% 0.115 214.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.3734, 46.0150, 76.1106)
Luminance	0.4602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45C4DE #DE5F45

analogous

#45DEAC #45C4DE #4578DE

triadic

#45C4DE #DE45C4 #C4DE45

tetradic

#45C4DE #AC45DE #DE5F45 #78DE45

square

#45C4DE #AC45DE #DE5F45 #78DE45

split-complementary

#45C4DE #DE4578 #DEAC45

monochromatic

#197B8F #23A8C3 #45C4DE #79D4E7 #ADE5F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#45C4DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#45C4DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45C4DE

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45C4DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45C4DE	1.00	2.06	10.20	10.20
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1BEDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CAEDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45c4de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 196, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.115 214.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd6e8',
    500: '#45c4de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45c4de;
$custom-light: #8cd6e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45c4de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.196,
    "s": 69.863,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76162,
    "c": 0.11455,
    "h": 214.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45C4DE

secondary

#DFABA0

accent

#593BED

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #45C4DE

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

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