#45C4E4#45C4E4

#45C4E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.118 H 218.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45C4E4
RGB	rgb(69, 196, 228)
HSL	hsl(192, 75%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(192, 70%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 14%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.77, -24.52, -26.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.77, 35.75, 226.69°)
OKLab	oklab(76.4% -0.0925 -0.0726)
OKLCH	oklch(76.4% 0.118 218.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.1919, 46.3424, 80.4213)
Luminance	0.4635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45C4E4 #E46545

analogous

#45E4B4 #45C4E4 #4575E4

triadic

#45C4E4 #E445C4 #C4E445

tetradic

#45C4E4 #B445E4 #E46545 #75E445

square

#45C4E4 #B445E4 #E46545 #75E445

split-complementary

#45C4E4 #E44575 #E4B445

monochromatic

#167E98 #1EAACE #45C4E4 #7AD5EC #B0E6F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#45C4E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#45C4E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45C4E4

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45C4E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45C4E4	1.00	2.04	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFBEE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99AEE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45c4e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 196, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.118 218.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd6ec',
    500: '#45c4e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45c4e4;
$custom-light: #8cd6ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45c4e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.075,
    "s": 74.648,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76403,
    "c": 0.11756,
    "h": 218.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45C4E4

secondary

#E2AFA3

accent

#5C37F1

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #45C4E4

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

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