#45C4E6#45C4E6

#45C4E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.119 H 219.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45C4E6
RGB	rgb(69, 196, 230)
HSL	hsl(193, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(193, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 14.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.84, -23.90, -26.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.84, 36.05, 228.47°)
OKLab	oklab(76.49% -0.0917 -0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(76.49% 0.119 219.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.4712, 46.4541, 81.8920)
Luminance	0.4646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45C4E6 #E66745

analogous

#45E6B7 #45C4E6 #4573E6

triadic

#45C4E6 #E645C4 #C4E645

tetradic

#45C4E6 #B745E6 #E66745 #73E645

square

#45C4E6 #B745E6 #E66745 #73E645

split-complementary

#45C4E6 #E64573 #E6B745

monochromatic

#157F9C #1CABD2 #45C4E6 #7BD5ED #B1E6F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#45C4E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#45C4E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45C4E6

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45C4E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45C4E6	1.00	2.04	10.29	10.29
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFBFE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99AEE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45c4e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 196, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.119 219.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd6ee',
    500: '#45c4e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45c4e6;
$custom-light: #8dd6ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45c4e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.671,
    "s": 76.303,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76485,
    "c": 0.1187,
    "h": 219.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45C4E6

secondary

#E3B1A4

accent

#5D35F3

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #45C4E6

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

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