#45C6E2#45C6E2

#45C6E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.117 H 215.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45C6E2
RGB	rgb(69, 198, 226)
HSL	hsl(191, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(191, 69%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.5%, 12.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.28, -26.14, -24.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.28, 35.59, 222.74°)
OKLab	oklab(76.79% -0.0952 -0.0673)
OKLCH	oklch(76.79% 0.117 215.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.3700, 47.1402, 79.1189)
Luminance	0.4714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45C6E2 #E26145

analogous

#45E2B0 #45C6E2 #4577E2

triadic

#45C6E2 #E245C6 #C6E245

tetradic

#45C6E2 #B045E2 #E26145 #77E245

square

#45C6E2 #B045E2 #E26145 #77E245

split-complementary

#45C6E2 #E24577 #E2B045

monochromatic

#177F95 #20ACCA #45C6E2 #7AD6EA #AFE6F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#45C6E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.43

#45C6E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45C6E2

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45C6E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45C6E2	1.00	2.01	10.43	10.43
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C0E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB0E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45c6e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 198, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.117 215.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd7eb',
    500: '#45c6e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45c6e2;
$custom-light: #8cd7eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45c6e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.701,
    "s": 73.023,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76791,
    "c": 0.11659,
    "h": 215.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45C6E2

secondary

#E1ADA2

accent

#5938F0

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #45C6E2

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

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