#45A8E6#45A8E6

#45A8E6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.129 H 239.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A8E6
RGB	rgb(69, 168, 230)
HSL	hsl(203, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(203, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 27%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.73, -9.11, -39.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.73, 40.57, 257.02°)
OKLab	oklab(70.02% -0.0646 -0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(70.02% 0.129 239.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.7343, 34.9802, 79.9797)
Luminance	0.3498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A8E6 #E68345

analogous

#45E6D4 #45A8E6 #4557E6

triadic

#45A8E6 #E645A8 #A8E645

tetradic

#45A8E6 #D445E6 #E68345 #57E645

square

#45A8E6 #D445E6 #E68345 #57E645

split-complementary

#45A8E6 #E64557 #E6D445

monochromatic

#15689C #1C8CD2 #45A8E6 #7BC1ED #B1DAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#45A8E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#45A8E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A8E6

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A8E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A8E6	1.00	2.63	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA8E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7599E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a8e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 168, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.129 239.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc1ee',
    500: '#45a8e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a8e6;
$custom-light: #8bc1ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a8e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.106,
    "s": 76.303,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70016,
    "c": 0.12887,
    "h": 239.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A8E6

secondary

#E3BCA4

accent

#7E35F3

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A8E6

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

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