#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
RGBrgb(69, 197, 230)
HSLhsl(192, 76%, 59%)
HSVhsv(192, 70%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(70%, 14.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LABlab(74.13, -24.41, -26.54)
CIE-LCHlch(74.13, 36.06, 227.40°)
OKLaboklab(76.72% -0.0927 -0.0741)
OKLCHoklch(76.72% 0.119 218.6)
XYZxyz(36.6975, 46.9067, 81.9674)
Luminance0.4691 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##45C5E61.002.0210.3810.38
#FFFFFF2.021.0021.0021.00
#00000010.3821.001.001.00
##00000010.3821.001.001.00

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

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#45C5E6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva