#45B2E6#45B2E6

#45B2E6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.123 H 233.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B2E6
RGB	rgb(69, 178, 230)
HSL	hsl(199, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(199, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 22.6%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.62, -14.55, -35.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.62, 37.94, 247.45°)
OKLab	oklab(72.31% -0.0742 -0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(72.31% 0.123 233)
XYZ	xyz(32.6519, 38.8155, 80.6189)
Luminance	0.3882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B2E6 #E67945

analogous

#45E6C9 #45B2E6 #4561E6

triadic

#45B2E6 #E645B2 #B2E645

tetradic

#45B2E6 #C945E6 #E67945 #61E645

square

#45B2E6 #C945E6 #E67945 #61E645

split-complementary

#45B2E6 #E64561 #E6C945

monochromatic

#15709C #1C97D2 #45B2E6 #7BC8ED #B1DFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#45B2E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#45B2E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B2E6

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B2E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B2E6	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98B0E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82A0E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b2e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 178, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.123 233.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc9ee',
    500: '#45b2e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b2e6;
$custom-light: #8bc9ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b2e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.379,
    "s": 76.303,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72308,
    "c": 0.12331,
    "h": 233
  },
  "luminance": 0.38819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B2E6

secondary

#E3B8A4

accent

#7235F3

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B2E6

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

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