#45B2E2#45B2E2

#45B2E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.120 H 230.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B2E2
RGB	rgb(69, 178, 226)
HSL	hsl(198, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(198, 69%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.5%, 21.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.46, -15.85, -33.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.46, 36.70, 244.42°)
OKLab	oklab(72.13% -0.0756 -0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(72.13% 0.12 230.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.0966, 38.5934, 77.6945)
Luminance	0.3860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B2E2 #E27545

analogous

#45E2C3 #45B2E2 #4563E2

triadic

#45B2E2 #E245B2 #B2E245

tetradic

#45B2E2 #C345E2 #E27545 #63E245

square

#45B2E2 #C345E2 #E27545 #63E245

split-complementary

#45B2E2 #E24563 #E2C345

monochromatic

#176F95 #2096CA #45B2E2 #7AC8EA #AFDEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#45B2E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#45B2E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B2E2

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B2E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B2E2	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AB0E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A0E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b2e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 178, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.120 230.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc9eb',
    500: '#45b2e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b2e2;
$custom-light: #8bc9eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b2e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.344,
    "s": 73.023,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72125,
    "c": 0.11978,
    "h": 230.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B2E2

secondary

#E1B5A2

accent

#7038F0

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B2E2

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

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