#45B0E2#45B0E2

#45B0E2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.121 H 232.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B0E2
RGB	rgb(69, 176, 226)
HSL	hsl(199, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(199, 69%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.5%, 22.1%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.88, -14.78, -34.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.88, 37.08, 246.51°)
OKLab	oklab(71.66% -0.0737 -0.0955)
OKLCH	oklch(71.66% 0.121 232.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.7016, 37.8033, 77.5628)
Luminance	0.3781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B0E2 #E27745

analogous

#45E2C5 #45B0E2 #4562E2

triadic

#45B0E2 #E245B0 #B0E245

tetradic

#45B0E2 #C545E2 #E27745 #62E245

square

#45B0E2 #C545E2 #E27745 #62E245

split-complementary

#45B0E2 #E24562 #E2C545

monochromatic

#176D95 #2094CA #45B0E2 #7AC6EA #AFDDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#45B0E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#45B0E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B0E2

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B0E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B0E2	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97AEE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#829FE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b0e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 176, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.121 232.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc7eb',
    500: '#45b0e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b0e2;
$custom-light: #8bc7eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b0e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.108,
    "s": 73.023,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71663,
    "c": 0.12061,
    "h": 232.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B0E2

secondary

#E1B6A2

accent

#7338F0

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B0E2

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

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