#45C5DF#45C5DF

#45C5DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.115 H 214.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45C5DF
RGB	rgb(69, 197, 223)
HSL	hsl(190, 71%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(190, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 11.7%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.88, -26.55, -23.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.88, 35.22, 221.06°)
OKLab	oklab(76.44% -0.0954 -0.0644)
OKLCH	oklch(76.44% 0.115 214)
XYZ	xyz(35.7342, 46.5213, 76.8940)
Luminance	0.4652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45C5DF #DF5F45

analogous

#45DFAC #45C5DF #4578DF

triadic

#45C5DF #DF45C5 #C5DF45

tetradic

#45C5DF #AC45DF #DF5F45 #78DF45

square

#45C5DF #AC45DF #DF5F45 #78DF45

split-complementary

#45C5DF #DF4578 #DFAC45

monochromatic

#197C91 #22A9C5 #45C5DF #79D5E8 #ADE6F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#45C5DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#45C5DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45C5DF

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45C5DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45C5DF	1.00	2.04	10.31	10.31
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BFE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CAFDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45c5df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 197, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.115 214.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd7e9',
    500: '#45c5df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45c5df;
$custom-light: #8cd7e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45c5df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.13,
    "s": 70.642,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76437,
    "c": 0.11512,
    "h": 214
  },
  "luminance": 0.46525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45C5DF

secondary

#DFABA1

accent

#593AED

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #45C5DF

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

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