#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
RGBrgb(69, 178, 230)
HSLhsl(199, 76%, 59%)
HSVhsv(199, 70%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(70%, 22.6%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LABlab(68.62, -14.55, -35.04)
CIE-LCHlch(68.62, 37.94, 247.45°)
OKLaboklab(72.31% -0.0742 -0.0985)
OKLCHoklch(72.31% 0.123 233)
XYZxyz(32.6519, 38.8155, 80.6189)
Luminance0.3882 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

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
##45B2E61.002.408.768.76
#FFFFFF2.401.0021.0021.00
#0000008.7621.001.001.00
##0000008.7621.001.001.00

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

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#45B2E6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva