#45C4E1#45C4E1

#45C4E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.116 H 216.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45C4E1
RGB	rgb(69, 196, 225)
HSL	hsl(191, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(191, 69%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 12.9%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.66, -25.45, -24.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.66, 35.36, 223.98°)
OKLab	oklab(76.28% -0.0936 -0.0684)
OKLCH	oklch(76.28% 0.116 216.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.7791, 46.1772, 78.2470)
Luminance	0.4618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45C4E1 #E16245

analogous

#45E1B0 #45C4E1 #4576E1

triadic

#45C4E1 #E145C4 #C4E145

tetradic

#45C4E1 #B045E1 #E16245 #76E145

square

#45C4E1 #B045E1 #E16245 #76E145

split-complementary

#45C4E1 #E14576 #E1B045

monochromatic

#187D94 #20A9C8 #45C4E1 #7AD5E9 #AEE5F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#45C4E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#45C4E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45C4E1

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45C4E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45C4E1	1.00	2.05	10.24	10.24
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0BEE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AAEE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45c4e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 196, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.116 216.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd6ea',
    500: '#45c4e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45c4e1;
$custom-light: #8cd6ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45c4e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.154,
    "s": 72.222,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76282,
    "c": 0.11598,
    "h": 216.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45C4E1

secondary

#E0ADA2

accent

#5B39EF

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #45C4E1

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

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