#45C8E6#45C8E6

#45C8E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.119 H 216.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45C8E6
RGB	rgb(69, 200, 230)
HSL	hsl(191, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(191, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 13%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.00, -25.91, -25.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.00, 36.15, 224.21°)
OKLab	oklab(77.42% -0.0956 -0.0703)
OKLCH	oklch(77.42% 0.119 216.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.3855, 48.2826, 82.1967)
Luminance	0.4829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45C8E6 #E66345

analogous

#45E6B3 #45C8E6 #4577E6

triadic

#45C8E6 #E645C8 #C8E645

tetradic

#45C8E6 #B345E6 #E66345 #77E645

square

#45C8E6 #B345E6 #E66345 #77E645

split-complementary

#45C8E6 #E64577 #E6B345

monochromatic

#15839C #1CB0D2 #45C8E6 #7BD8ED #B1E8F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#45C8E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#45C8E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45C8E6

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45C8E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45C8E6	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C2E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB2E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45c8e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 200, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.119 216.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd9ee',
    500: '#45c8e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45c8e6;
$custom-light: #8dd9ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45c8e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.18,
    "s": 76.303,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7742,
    "c": 0.11866,
    "h": 216.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45C8E6

secondary

#E3AFA4

accent

#5835F3

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #45C8E6

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

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