#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
RGBrgb(69, 177, 230)
HSLhsl(200, 76%, 59%)
HSVhsv(200, 70%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(70%, 23%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LABlab(68.33, -14.01, -35.49)
CIE-LCHlch(68.33, 38.16, 248.46°)
OKLaboklab(72.08% -0.0733 -0.0998)
OKLCHoklch(72.08% 0.124 233.7)
XYZxyz(32.4537, 38.4190, 80.5528)
Luminance0.3842 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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
##45B1E61.002.428.688.68
#FFFFFF2.421.0021.0021.00
#0000008.6821.001.001.00
##0000008.6821.001.001.00

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

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#45B1E6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva