#45B0E6#45B0E6

#45B0E6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.124 H 234.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B0E6
RGB	rgb(69, 176, 230)
HSL	hsl(200, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(200, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 23.5%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.04, -13.47, -35.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.04, 38.38, 249.45°)
OKLab	oklab(71.85% -0.0723 -0.1011)
OKLCH	oklch(71.85% 0.124 234.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.2569, 38.0254, 80.4872)
Luminance	0.3803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B0E6 #E67B45

analogous

#45E6CB #45B0E6 #455FE6

triadic

#45B0E6 #E645B0 #B0E645

tetradic

#45B0E6 #CB45E6 #E67B45 #5FE645

square

#45B0E6 #CB45E6 #E67B45 #5FE645

split-complementary

#45B0E6 #E6455F #E6CB45

monochromatic

#156E9C #1C95D2 #45B0E6 #7BC7ED #B1DEF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#45B0E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#45B0E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B0E6

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B0E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B0E6	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96AFE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809FE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b0e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 176, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.124 234.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc7ee',
    500: '#45b0e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b0e6;
$custom-light: #8bc7ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b0e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.124,
    "s": 76.303,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71847,
    "c": 0.12426,
    "h": 234.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B0E6

secondary

#E3B9A4

accent

#7535F3

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B0E6

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

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