#45C8EE#45C8EE

#45C8EE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.123 H 221.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45C8EE
RGB	rgb(69, 200, 238)
HSL	hsl(193, 83%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(193, 71%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 16%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.29, -23.43, -29.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.29, 37.34, 231.13°)
OKLab	oklab(77.75% -0.0926 -0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(77.75% 0.123 221.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.5347, 48.7423, 88.2497)
Luminance	0.4875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#45C8EE #EE6B45

analogous

#45EEBF #45C8EE #4574EE

triadic

#45C8EE #EE45C8 #C8EE45

tetradic

#45C8EE #BF45EE #EE6B45 #74EE45

square

#45C8EE #BF45EE #EE6B45 #74EE45

split-complementary

#45C8EE #EE4574 #EEBF45

monochromatic

#0F87A9 #15B3E1 #45C8EE #7DD9F3 #B5E9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#45C8EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#45C8EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45C8EE

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45C8EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45C8EE	1.00	1.95	10.75	10.75
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C3F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB2EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45c8ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 200, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.123 221.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed9f3',
    500: '#45c8ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45c8ee;
$custom-light: #8ed9f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45c8ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.491,
    "s": 83.251,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77746,
    "c": 0.12318,
    "h": 221.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45C8EE

secondary

#E8B6A7

accent

#3706E0

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #45C8EE

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

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