#45C7E1#45C7E1

#45C7E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.116 H 213.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#45C7E1
RGBrgb(69, 199, 225)
HSLhsl(190, 72%, 58%)
HSVhsv(190, 69%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(69.3%, 11.6%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LABlab(74.54, -26.94, -23.22)
CIE-LCHlch(74.54, 35.56, 220.76°)
OKLaboklab(76.99% -0.0966 -0.0646)
OKLCHoklch(76.99% 0.116 213.8)
XYZxyz(36.4625, 47.5441, 78.4748)
Luminance0.4755 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#45C7E1 #E15F45
analogous
#45E1AD #45C7E1 #4579E1
triadic
#45C7E1 #E145C7 #C7E145
tetradic
#45C7E1 #AD45E1 #E15F45 #79E145
square
#45C7E1 #AD45E1 #E15F45 #79E145
split-complementary
#45C7E1 #E14579 #E1AD45
monochromatic
#187F94 #20ACC8 #45C7E1 #7AD7E9 #AEE7F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00
#45C7E1 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51
#45C7E1 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45C7E1
10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##45C7E1#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##45C7E11.002.0010.5110.51
#FFFFFF2.001.0021.0021.00
#00000010.5121.001.001.00
##00000010.5121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B4C1E3
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9EB0E1
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D1CF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #45c7e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 199, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.116 213.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd8ea',
    500: '#45c7e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #45c7e1;
$custom-light: #8cd8ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#45c7e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 72.222,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76987,
    "c": 0.11622,
    "h": 213.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#45C7E1
secondary
#E0ACA2
accent
#5739EF
background
#F9FDFE
surface
#F2FAFD
border
#CCD3D5
text
#0E1416
muted
#7E8384

Preview Lab

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#45C7E1 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva