#45B6E1#45B6E1

#45B6E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.118 H 227.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B6E1
RGB	rgb(69, 182, 225)
HSL	hsl(197, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(197, 69%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 19.1%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.58, -18.28, -30.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.58, 35.84, 239.33°)
OKLab	oklab(73.01% -0.0799 -0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(73.01% 0.118 227.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.7673, 40.1537, 77.2431)
Luminance	0.4016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B6E1 #E17045

analogous

#45E1BE #45B6E1 #4568E1

triadic

#45B6E1 #E145B6 #B6E145

tetradic

#45B6E1 #BE45E1 #E17045 #68E145

square

#45B6E1 #BE45E1 #E17045 #68E145

split-complementary

#45B6E1 #E14568 #E1BE45

monochromatic

#187294 #209AC8 #45B6E1 #7ACBE9 #AEDFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#45B6E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#45B6E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B6E1

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B6E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B6E1	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB3E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA3E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b6e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 182, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.118 227.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bccea',
    500: '#45b6e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b6e1;
$custom-light: #8bccea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b6e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.538,
    "s": 72.222,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73009,
    "c": 0.11762,
    "h": 227.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B6E1

secondary

#E0B3A2

accent

#6B39EF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B6E1

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

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