#45CAE6#45CAE6

#45CAE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.119 H 214.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45CAE6
RGB	rgb(69, 202, 230)
HSL	hsl(190, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(190, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 12.2%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.58, -26.90, -24.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.58, 36.26, 222.11°)
OKLab	oklab(77.89% -0.0976 -0.0677)
OKLCH	oklch(77.89% 0.119 214.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.8517, 49.2151, 82.3521)
Luminance	0.4922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45CAE6 #E66145

analogous

#45E6B1 #45CAE6 #4579E6

triadic

#45CAE6 #E645CA #CAE645

tetradic

#45CAE6 #B145E6 #E66145 #79E645

square

#45CAE6 #B145E6 #E66145 #79E645

split-complementary

#45CAE6 #E64579 #E6B145

monochromatic

#15849C #1CB2D2 #45CAE6 #7BD9ED #B1E9F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#45CAE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.84

#45CAE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45CAE6

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45CAE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45CAE6	1.00	1.94	10.84	10.84
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C4E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B3E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45cae6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 202, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.119 214.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ddaee',
    500: '#45cae6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45cae6;
$custom-light: #8ddaee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45cae6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.435,
    "s": 76.303,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77888,
    "c": 0.11878,
    "h": 214.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45CAE6

secondary

#E3AFA4

accent

#5635F3

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #45CAE6

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

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