#45B6E8#45B6E8

#45B6E8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.123 H 231.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B6E8
RGB	rgb(69, 182, 232)
HSL	hsl(198, 78%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(198, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.3%, 21.6%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.85, -16.03, -34.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.85, 37.78, 244.90°)
OKLab	oklab(73.32% -0.0774 -0.0961)
OKLCH	oklch(73.32% 0.123 231.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.7419, 40.5435, 82.3757)
Luminance	0.4055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B6E8 #E87745

analogous

#45E8C9 #45B6E8 #4565E8

triadic

#45B6E8 #E845B6 #B6E845

tetradic

#45B6E8 #C945E8 #E87745 #65E845

square

#45B6E8 #C945E8 #E87745 #65E845

split-complementary

#45B6E8 #E84565 #E8C945

monochromatic

#14749F #1A9CD5 #45B6E8 #7BCBEF #B2E1F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#45B6E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#45B6E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B6E8

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B6E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B6E8	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB4EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A4E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b6e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 182, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.123 231.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccbef',
    500: '#45b6e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b6e8;
$custom-light: #8ccbef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b6e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.405,
    "s": 77.99,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73321,
    "c": 0.12337,
    "h": 231.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B6E8

secondary

#E4B8A4

accent

#6F33F4

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B6E8

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

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