#45B5E6#45B5E6

#45B5E6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.122 H 230.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B5E6
RGB	rgb(69, 181, 230)
HSL	hsl(198, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(198, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 21.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.49, -16.15, -33.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.49, 37.37, 244.40°)
OKLab	oklab(73% -0.0771 -0.0946)
OKLCH	oklch(73% 0.122 230.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.2553, 40.0224, 80.8200)
Luminance	0.4003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B5E6 #E67645

analogous

#45E6C6 #45B5E6 #4564E6

triadic

#45B5E6 #E645B5 #B5E645

tetradic

#45B5E6 #C645E6 #E67645 #64E645

square

#45B5E6 #C645E6 #E67645 #64E645

split-complementary

#45B5E6 #E64564 #E6C645

monochromatic

#15739C #1C9AD2 #45B5E6 #7BCAED #B1E0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#45B5E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#45B5E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B5E6

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B5E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B5E6	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB3E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A3E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b5e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 181, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.122 230.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccbee',
    500: '#45b5e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b5e6;
$custom-light: #8ccbee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b5e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.261,
    "s": 76.303,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73,
    "c": 0.12204,
    "h": 230.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B5E6

secondary

#E3B7A4

accent

#6F35F3

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B5E6

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

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