#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
RGBrgb(69, 183, 226)
HSLhsl(196, 73%, 58%)
HSVhsv(196, 69%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(69.5%, 19%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LABlab(69.91, -18.48, -30.86)
CIE-LCHlch(69.91, 35.97, 239.08°)
OKLaboklab(73.29% -0.0805 -0.0864)
OKLCHoklch(73.29% 0.118 227)
XYZxyz(33.1096, 40.6194, 78.0321)
Luminance0.4062 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##45B7E21.002.309.129.12
#FFFFFF2.301.0021.0021.00
#0000009.1221.001.001.00
##0000009.1221.001.001.00

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

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#45B7E2 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva