#45B6EA#45B6EA

#45B6EA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.125 H 232.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B6EA
RGB	rgb(69, 182, 234)
HSL	hsl(199, 80%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(199, 71%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 22.2%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.94, -15.38, -35.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.94, 38.39, 246.39°)
OKLab	oklab(73.41% -0.0767 -0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(73.41% 0.125 232.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.0276, 40.6578, 83.8803)
Luminance	0.4066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B6EA #EA7945

analogous

#45EACB #45B6EA #4564EA

triadic

#45B6EA #EA45B6 #B6EA45

tetradic

#45B6EA #CB45EA #EA7945 #64EA45

square

#45B6EA #CB45EA #EA7945 #64EA45

split-complementary

#45B6EA #EA4564 #EACB45

monochromatic

#1275A2 #199DD9 #45B6EA #7CCCF0 #B3E1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#45B6EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#45B6EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B6EA

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B6EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B6EA	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB4EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A4E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b6ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 182, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.125 232.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccbf1',
    500: '#45b6ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b6ea;
$custom-light: #8ccbf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b6ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.909,
    "s": 79.71,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73412,
    "c": 0.12511,
    "h": 232.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B6EA

secondary

#E6BAA5

accent

#7032F6

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B6EA

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

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