#45B8E1#45B8E1

#45B8E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.117 H 225.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B8E1
RGB	rgb(69, 184, 225)
HSL	hsl(196, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(196, 69%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 18.2%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.16, -19.32, -29.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.16, 35.62, 237.15°)
OKLab	oklab(73.47% -0.0819 -0.0837)
OKLCH	oklch(73.47% 0.117 225.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.1798, 40.9787, 77.3806)
Luminance	0.4098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B8E1 #E16E45

analogous

#45E1BC #45B8E1 #456AE1

triadic

#45B8E1 #E145B8 #B8E145

tetradic

#45B8E1 #BC45E1 #E16E45 #6AE145

square

#45B8E1 #BC45E1 #E16E45 #6AE145

split-complementary

#45B8E1 #E1456A #E1BC45

monochromatic

#187394 #209CC8 #45B8E1 #7ACCE9 #AEE0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#45B8E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#45B8E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B8E1

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B8E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B8E1	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B4E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA5E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b8e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 184, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.117 225.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcdea',
    500: '#45b8e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b8e1;
$custom-light: #8bcdea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b8e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.769,
    "s": 72.222,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73475,
    "c": 0.1171,
    "h": 225.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B8E1

secondary

#E0B2A2

accent

#6939EF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B8E1

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

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