#45ABE6#45ABE6

#45ABE6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.127 H 237.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45ABE6
RGB	rgb(69, 171, 230)
HSL	hsl(202, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(202, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 25.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.60, -10.76, -38.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.60, 39.67, 254.26°)
OKLab	oklab(70.7% -0.0675 -0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(70.7% 0.127 237.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.2945, 36.1007, 80.1664)
Luminance	0.3610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45ABE6 #E68045

analogous

#45E6D1 #45ABE6 #455AE6

triadic

#45ABE6 #E645AB #ABE645

tetradic

#45ABE6 #D145E6 #E68045 #5AE645

square

#45ABE6 #D145E6 #E68045 #5AE645

split-complementary

#45ABE6 #E6455A #E6D145

monochromatic

#156A9C #1C8FD2 #45ABE6 #7BC3ED #B1DCF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#45ABE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#45ABE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45ABE6

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45ABE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45ABE6	1.00	2.55	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FABE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#799BE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45abe6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 171, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.127 237.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc3ee',
    500: '#45abe6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45abe6;
$custom-light: #8bc3ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45abe6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.988,
    "s": 76.303,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70701,
    "c": 0.127,
    "h": 237.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45ABE6

secondary

#E3BBA4

accent

#7B35F3

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #45ABE6

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

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