#45C5E6#45C5E6

#45C5E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.119 H 218.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45C5E6
RGB	rgb(69, 197, 230)
HSL	hsl(192, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(192, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 14.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.13, -24.41, -26.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.13, 36.06, 227.40°)
OKLab	oklab(76.72% -0.0927 -0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(76.72% 0.119 218.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.6975, 46.9067, 81.9674)
Luminance	0.4691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45C5E6 #E66645

analogous

#45E6B6 #45C5E6 #4574E6

triadic

#45C5E6 #E645C5 #C5E645

tetradic

#45C5E6 #B645E6 #E66645 #74E645

square

#45C5E6 #B645E6 #E66645 #74E645

split-complementary

#45C5E6 #E64574 #E6B645

monochromatic

#15809C #1CACD2 #45C5E6 #7BD6ED #B1E7F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#45C5E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#45C5E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45C5E6

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45C5E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45C5E6	1.00	2.02	10.38	10.38
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C0E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AAFE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45c5e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 197, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.119 218.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd6ee',
    500: '#45c5e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45c5e6;
$custom-light: #8dd6ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45c5e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.298,
    "s": 76.303,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76718,
    "c": 0.11865,
    "h": 218.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45C5E6

secondary

#E3B1A4

accent

#5C35F3

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #45C5E6

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

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