#45B6E6#45B6E6

#45B6E6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.122 H 230.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B6E6
RGB	rgb(69, 182, 230)
HSL	hsl(198, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(198, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 20.9%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.78, -16.68, -33.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.78, 37.20, 243.36°)
OKLab	oklab(73.23% -0.0781 -0.0933)
OKLCH	oklch(73.23% 0.122 230.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.4594, 40.4305, 80.8880)
Luminance	0.4043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B6E6 #E67545

analogous

#45E6C5 #45B6E6 #4565E6

triadic

#45B6E6 #E645B6 #B6E645

tetradic

#45B6E6 #C545E6 #E67545 #65E645

square

#45B6E6 #C545E6 #E67545 #65E645

split-complementary

#45B6E6 #E64565 #E6C545

monochromatic

#15749C #1C9CD2 #45B6E6 #7BCBED #B1E0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#45B6E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#45B6E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B6E6

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B6E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B6E6	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB3E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A4E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b6e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 182, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.122 230.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cccee',
    500: '#45b6e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b6e6;
$custom-light: #8cccee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b6e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.888,
    "s": 76.303,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73231,
    "c": 0.12166,
    "h": 230.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B6E6

secondary

#E3B7A4

accent

#6E35F3

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B6E6

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

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