#45BAE0#45BAE0

#45BAE0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.116 H 223.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BAE0
RGB	rgb(69, 186, 224)
HSL	hsl(195, 71%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(195, 69%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 17%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.71, -20.68, -28.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.71, 35.24, 234.08°)
OKLab	oklab(73.9% -0.0842 -0.0798)
OKLCH	oklch(73.9% 0.116 223.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.4622, 41.7611, 76.8037)
Luminance	0.4177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BAE0 #E06B45

analogous

#45E0B9 #45BAE0 #456CE0

triadic

#45BAE0 #E045BA #BAE045

tetradic

#45BAE0 #B945E0 #E06B45 #6CE045

square

#45BAE0 #B945E0 #E06B45 #6CE045

split-complementary

#45BAE0 #E0456C #E0B945

monochromatic

#187492 #219EC7 #45BAE0 #79CDE9 #AEE1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#45BAE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#45BAE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BAE0

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BAE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BAE0	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B6E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA6E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bae0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 186, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.116 223.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcfe9',
    500: '#45bae0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bae0;
$custom-light: #8bcfe9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bae0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.71,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73899,
    "c": 0.11599,
    "h": 223.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BAE0

secondary

#E0B0A1

accent

#663AEE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BAE0

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

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