#45C4DF#45C4DF

#45C4DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.115 H 214.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45C4DF
RGB	rgb(69, 196, 223)
HSL	hsl(191, 71%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(191, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 12.1%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.59, -26.06, -23.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.59, 35.14, 222.14°)
OKLab	oklab(76.2% -0.0944 -0.0657)
OKLCH	oklch(76.2% 0.115 214.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.5079, 46.0687, 76.8185)
Luminance	0.4607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45C4DF #DF6045

analogous

#45DFAD #45C4DF #4577DF

triadic

#45C4DF #DF45C4 #C4DF45

tetradic

#45C4DF #AD45DF #DF6045 #77DF45

square

#45C4DF #AD45DF #DF6045 #77DF45

split-complementary

#45C4DF #DF4577 #DFAD45

monochromatic

#197C91 #22A8C5 #45C4DF #79D5E8 #ADE5F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#45C4DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#45C4DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45C4DF

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45C4DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45C4DF	1.00	2.06	10.21	10.21
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1BEE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BAEDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45c4df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 196, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.115 214.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd6e9',
    500: '#45c4df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45c4df;
$custom-light: #8cd6e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45c4df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.519,
    "s": 70.642,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76202,
    "c": 0.11501,
    "h": 214.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45C4DF

secondary

#DFACA1

accent

#5A3AED

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #45C4DF

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

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