#45ABE2#45ABE2

#45ABE2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.123 H 236.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45ABE2
RGB	rgb(69, 171, 226)
HSL	hsl(201, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(201, 69%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.5%, 24.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.43, -12.08, -36.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.43, 38.22, 251.57°)
OKLab	oklab(70.51% -0.0688 -0.102)
OKLCH	oklch(70.51% 0.123 236)
XYZ	xyz(30.7392, 35.8786, 77.2420)
Luminance	0.3588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45ABE2 #E27C45

analogous

#45E2CA #45ABE2 #455CE2

triadic

#45ABE2 #E245AB #ABE245

tetradic

#45ABE2 #CA45E2 #E27C45 #5CE245

square

#45ABE2 #CA45E2 #E27C45 #5CE245

split-complementary

#45ABE2 #E2455C #E2CA45

monochromatic

#176995 #208ECA #45ABE2 #7AC3EA #AFDBF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#45ABE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#45ABE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45ABE2

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45ABE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45ABE2	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91AAE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B9BE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45abe2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 171, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.123 236.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc4eb',
    500: '#45abe2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45abe2;
$custom-light: #8bc4eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45abe2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.019,
    "s": 73.023,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7051,
    "c": 0.12303,
    "h": 236
  },
  "luminance": 0.35882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45ABE2

secondary

#E1B8A2

accent

#7838F0

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FD

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #45ABE2

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

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