#45B2E8#45B2E8

#45B2E8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.125 H 234.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B2E8
RGB	rgb(69, 178, 232)
HSL	hsl(200, 78%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(200, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.3%, 23.3%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.70, -13.90, -36.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.70, 38.60, 248.90°)
OKLab	oklab(72.4% -0.0735 -0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(72.4% 0.125 234)
XYZ	xyz(32.9344, 38.9285, 82.1065)
Luminance	0.3893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B2E8 #E87B45

analogous

#45E8CC #45B2E8 #4561E8

triadic

#45B2E8 #E845B2 #B2E845

tetradic

#45B2E8 #CC45E8 #E87B45 #61E845

square

#45B2E8 #CC45E8 #E87B45 #61E845

split-complementary

#45B2E8 #E84561 #E8CC45

monochromatic

#14719F #1A97D5 #45B2E8 #7BC9EF #B2DFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#45B2E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#45B2E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B2E8

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B2E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B2E8	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98B1EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81A1E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b2e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 178, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.125 234.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc9ef',
    500: '#45b2e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b2e8;
$custom-light: #8cc9ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b2e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.877,
    "s": 77.99,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.724,
    "c": 0.12514,
    "h": 234
  },
  "luminance": 0.38932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B2E8

secondary

#E4BAA4

accent

#7333F4

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B2E8

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

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