#45B7E2#45B7E2

#45B7E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.118 H 227.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B7E2
RGB	rgb(69, 183, 226)
HSL	hsl(196, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(196, 69%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.5%, 19%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.91, -18.48, -30.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.91, 35.97, 239.08°)
OKLab	oklab(73.29% -0.0805 -0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(73.29% 0.118 227)
XYZ	xyz(33.1096, 40.6194, 78.0321)
Luminance	0.4062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B7E2 #E27045

analogous

#45E2BE #45B7E2 #4568E2

triadic

#45B7E2 #E245B7 #B7E245

tetradic

#45B7E2 #BE45E2 #E27045 #68E245

square

#45B7E2 #BE45E2 #E27045 #68E245

split-complementary

#45B7E2 #E24568 #E2BE45

monochromatic

#177395 #209CCA #45B7E2 #7ACBEA #AFE0F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#45B7E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#45B7E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B7E2

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B7E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B7E2	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B4E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA4E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b7e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 183, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.118 227.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcceb',
    500: '#45b7e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b7e2;
$custom-light: #8bcceb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b7e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.433,
    "s": 73.023,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73286,
    "c": 0.11812,
    "h": 227
  },
  "luminance": 0.40623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B7E2

secondary

#E1B3A2

accent

#6A38F0

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B7E2

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

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