#45B0E1#45B0E1

#45B0E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.120 H 231.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B0E1
RGB	rgb(69, 176, 225)
HSL	hsl(199, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(199, 69%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 21.8%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.83, -15.11, -33.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.83, 36.77, 245.74°)
OKLab	oklab(71.62% -0.074 -0.0941)
OKLCH	oklch(71.62% 0.12 231.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.5648, 37.7486, 76.8422)
Luminance	0.3775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B0E1 #E17645

analogous

#45E1C4 #45B0E1 #4562E1

triadic

#45B0E1 #E145B0 #B0E145

tetradic

#45B0E1 #C445E1 #E17645 #62E145

square

#45B0E1 #C445E1 #E17645 #62E145

split-complementary

#45B0E1 #E14562 #E1C445

monochromatic

#186D94 #2094C8 #45B0E1 #7AC6E9 #AEDDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#45B0E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#45B0E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B0E1

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B0E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B0E1	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98AEE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#829FE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b0e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 176, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.120 231.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc7ea',
    500: '#45b0e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b0e1;
$custom-light: #8bc7ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b0e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.846,
    "s": 72.222,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71617,
    "c": 0.11971,
    "h": 231.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B0E1

secondary

#E0B5A2

accent

#7239EF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FD

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B0E1

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

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