#45B7EA#45B7EA

#45B7EA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.125 H 231.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B7EA
RGB	rgb(69, 183, 234)
HSL	hsl(199, 80%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(199, 71%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 21.8%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.22, -15.91, -34.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.22, 38.20, 245.39°)
OKLab	oklab(73.64% -0.0777 -0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(73.64% 0.125 231.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.2331, 41.0688, 83.9488)
Luminance	0.4107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B7EA #EA7845

analogous

#45EACA #45B7EA #4565EA

triadic

#45B7EA #EA45B7 #B7EA45

tetradic

#45B7EA #CA45EA #EA7845 #65EA45

square

#45B7EA #CA45EA #EA7845 #65EA45

split-complementary

#45B7EA #EA4565 #EACA45

monochromatic

#1276A2 #199ED9 #45B7EA #7CCCF0 #B3E2F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#45B7EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#45B7EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B7EA

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B7EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B7EA	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB5EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A5E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b7ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 183, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.125 231.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cccf1',
    500: '#45b7ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b7ea;
$custom-light: #8cccf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b7ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.545,
    "s": 79.71,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73642,
    "c": 0.12468,
    "h": 231.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B7EA

secondary

#E6B9A5

accent

#6E32F6

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B7EA

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

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