#45B4E6#45B4E6

#45B4E6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.122 H 231.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B4E6
RGB	rgb(69, 180, 230)
HSL	hsl(199, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(199, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 21.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.20, -15.62, -34.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.20, 37.55, 245.42°)
OKLab	oklab(72.77% -0.0762 -0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(72.77% 0.122 231.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.0527, 39.6172, 80.7525)
Luminance	0.3962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B4E6 #E67745

analogous

#45E6C8 #45B4E6 #4563E6

triadic

#45B4E6 #E645B4 #B4E645

tetradic

#45B4E6 #C845E6 #E67745 #63E645

square

#45B4E6 #C845E6 #E67745 #63E645

split-complementary

#45B4E6 #E64563 #E6C845

monochromatic

#15729C #1C99D2 #45B4E6 #7BCAED #B1E0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#45B4E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#45B4E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B4E6

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B4E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B4E6	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB2E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A2E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b4e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 180, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.122 231.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccaee',
    500: '#45b4e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b4e6;
$custom-light: #8ccaee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b4e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.634,
    "s": 76.303,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72769,
    "c": 0.12245,
    "h": 231.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B4E6

secondary

#E3B7A4

accent

#7035F3

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B4E6

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

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