#45B4E8#45B4E8

#45B4E8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.124 H 232.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B4E8
RGB	rgb(69, 180, 232)
HSL	hsl(199, 78%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(199, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.3%, 22.4%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.28, -14.97, -35.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.28, 38.17, 246.91°)
OKLab	oklab(72.86% -0.0755 -0.0986)
OKLCH	oklch(72.86% 0.124 232.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.3352, 39.7302, 82.2401)
Luminance	0.3973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B4E8 #E87945

analogous

#45E8CA #45B4E8 #4563E8

triadic

#45B4E8 #E845B4 #B4E845

tetradic

#45B4E8 #CA45E8 #E87945 #63E845

square

#45B4E8 #CA45E8 #E87945 #63E845

split-complementary

#45B4E8 #E84563 #E8CA45

monochromatic

#14739F #1A9AD5 #45B4E8 #7BCAEF #B2E0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#45B4E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#45B4E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B4E8

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B4E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B4E8	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AB2EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A2E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b4e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 180, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.124 232.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccaef',
    500: '#45b4e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b4e8;
$custom-light: #8ccaef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b4e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.141,
    "s": 77.99,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7286,
    "c": 0.12421,
    "h": 232.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B4E8

secondary

#E4B9A4

accent

#7133F4

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B4E8

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

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