#45C4E2#45C4E2

#45C4E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.116 H 216.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45C4E2
RGB	rgb(69, 196, 226)
HSL	hsl(191, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(191, 69%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.5%, 13.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.70, -25.14, -25.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.70, 35.48, 224.89°)
OKLab	oklab(76.32% -0.0933 -0.0698)
OKLCH	oklch(76.32% 0.116 216.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.9159, 46.2319, 78.9675)
Luminance	0.4624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45C4E2 #E26345

analogous

#45E2B1 #45C4E2 #4575E2

triadic

#45C4E2 #E245C4 #C4E245

tetradic

#45C4E2 #B145E2 #E26345 #75E245

square

#45C4E2 #B145E2 #E26345 #75E245

split-complementary

#45C4E2 #E24575 #E2B145

monochromatic

#177D95 #20AACA #45C4E2 #7AD5EA #AFE6F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#45C4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#45C4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45C4E2

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45C4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45C4E2	1.00	2.05	10.25	10.25
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0BEE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AAEE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45c4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 196, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.116 216.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd6eb',
    500: '#45c4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45c4e2;
$custom-light: #8cd6eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45c4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.465,
    "s": 73.023,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76322,
    "c": 0.11649,
    "h": 216.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45C4E2

secondary

#E1AEA2

accent

#5B38F0

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #45C4E2

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

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