#45CAEF#45CAEF

#45CAEF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.124 H 220.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45CAEF
RGB	rgb(69, 202, 239)
HSL	hsl(193, 84%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(193, 71%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 15.5%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.91, -24.13, -28.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.91, 37.47, 229.91°)
OKLab	oklab(78.25% -0.0941 -0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(78.25% 0.124 220.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.1483, 49.7337, 89.1809)
Luminance	0.4974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#45CAEF #EF6A45

analogous

#45EFBF #45CAEF #4575EF

triadic

#45CAEF #EF45CA #CAEF45

tetradic

#45CAEF #BF45EF #EF6A45 #75EF45

square

#45CAEF #BF45EF #EF6A45 #75EF45

split-complementary

#45CAEF #EF4575 #EFBF45

monochromatic

#0F89AB #14B6E3 #45CAEF #7DDAF4 #B6EAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#45CAEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.95

#45CAEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45CAEF

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45CAEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45CAEF	1.00	1.92	10.95	10.95
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C5F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB4EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45caef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 202, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.124 220.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8edaf4',
    500: '#45caef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45caef;
$custom-light: #8edaf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45caef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.059,
    "s": 84.158,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78252,
    "c": 0.1236,
    "h": 220.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45CAEF

secondary

#E8B6A7

accent

#3505E1

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1517

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #45CAEF

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

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