#45B7E8#45B7E8

#45B7E8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.123 H 230.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B7E8
RGB	rgb(69, 183, 232)
HSL	hsl(198, 78%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(198, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.3%, 21.1%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.14, -16.56, -33.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.14, 37.61, 243.88°)
OKLab	oklab(73.55% -0.0784 -0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(73.55% 0.123 230.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.9474, 40.9545, 82.4442)
Luminance	0.4096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B7E8 #E87645

analogous

#45E8C8 #45B7E8 #4566E8

triadic

#45B7E8 #E845B7 #B7E845

tetradic

#45B7E8 #C845E8 #E87645 #66E845

square

#45B7E8 #C845E8 #E87645 #66E845

split-complementary

#45B7E8 #E84566 #E8C845

monochromatic

#14759F #1A9DD5 #45B7E8 #7BCCEF #B2E1F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#45B7E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#45B7E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B7E8

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B7E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B7E8	1.00	2.28	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB4EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A4E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b7e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 183, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.123 230.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cccef',
    500: '#45b7e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b7e8;
$custom-light: #8cccef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b7e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.037,
    "s": 77.99,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73552,
    "c": 0.12298,
    "h": 230.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B7E8

secondary

#E4B8A4

accent

#6D33F4

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B7E8

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

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