#45B1E6#45B1E6

#45B1E6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.124 H 233.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B1E6
RGB	rgb(69, 177, 230)
HSL	hsl(200, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(200, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 23%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.33, -14.01, -35.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.33, 38.16, 248.46°)
OKLab	oklab(72.08% -0.0733 -0.0998)
OKLCH	oklch(72.08% 0.124 233.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.4537, 38.4190, 80.5528)
Luminance	0.3842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B1E6 #E67A45

analogous

#45E6CB #45B1E6 #4560E6

triadic

#45B1E6 #E645B1 #B1E645

tetradic

#45B1E6 #CB45E6 #E67A45 #60E645

square

#45B1E6 #CB45E6 #E67A45 #60E645

split-complementary

#45B1E6 #E64560 #E6CB45

monochromatic

#156F9C #1C96D2 #45B1E6 #7BC8ED #B1DEF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#45B1E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#45B1E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B1E6

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B1E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B1E6	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97AFE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81A0E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b1e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 177, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.124 233.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc8ee',
    500: '#45b1e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b1e6;
$custom-light: #8bc8ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b1e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.752,
    "s": 76.303,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72077,
    "c": 0.12378,
    "h": 233.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B1E6

secondary

#E3B9A4

accent

#7335F3

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B1E6

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

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