#45CAEE#45CAEE

#45CAEE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.123 H 219.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45CAEE
RGB	rgb(69, 202, 238)
HSL	hsl(193, 83%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(193, 71%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 15.1%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.87, -24.44, -28.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.87, 37.31, 229.07°)
OKLab	oklab(78.21% -0.0945 -0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(78.21% 0.123 219.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.0010, 49.6748, 88.4051)
Luminance	0.4968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45CAEE #EE6945

analogous

#45EEBD #45CAEE #4576EE

triadic

#45CAEE #EE45CA #CAEE45

tetradic

#45CAEE #BD45EE #EE6945 #76EE45

square

#45CAEE #BD45EE #EE6945 #76EE45

split-complementary

#45CAEE #EE4576 #EEBD45

monochromatic

#0F88A9 #15B6E1 #45CAEE #7DDAF3 #B5EAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#45CAEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#45CAEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45CAEE

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45CAEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45CAEE	1.00	1.92	10.94	10.94
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C5F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB4EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45caee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 202, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.123 219.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8edaf3',
    500: '#45caee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45caee;
$custom-light: #8edaf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45caee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.781,
    "s": 83.251,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78211,
    "c": 0.123,
    "h": 219.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45CAEE

secondary

#E8B5A7

accent

#3406E0

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1517

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #45CAEE

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

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