#45B2EA#45B2EA

#45B2EA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.127 H 235.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B2EA
RGB	rgb(69, 178, 234)
HSL	hsl(200, 80%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(200, 71%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 23.9%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.78, -13.24, -36.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.78, 39.27, 250.30°)
OKLab	oklab(72.49% -0.0729 -0.104)
OKLCH	oklch(72.49% 0.127 235)
XYZ	xyz(33.2201, 39.0428, 83.6112)
Luminance	0.3905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B2EA #EA7D45

analogous

#45EAD0 #45B2EA #4560EA

triadic

#45B2EA #EA45B2 #B2EA45

tetradic

#45B2EA #D045EA #EA7D45 #60EA45

square

#45B2EA #D045EA #EA7D45 #60EA45

split-complementary

#45B2EA #EA4560 #EAD045

monochromatic

#1271A2 #1998D9 #45B2EA #7CC9F0 #B3E0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#45B2EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#45B2EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B2EA

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B2EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B2EA	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97B1ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80A1E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b2ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 178, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.127 235.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc9f1',
    500: '#45b2ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b2ea;
$custom-light: #8cc9f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b2ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.364,
    "s": 79.71,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72493,
    "c": 0.12701,
    "h": 235
  },
  "luminance": 0.39047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B2EA

secondary

#E6BBA5

accent

#7432F6

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B2EA

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

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