#45BAE1#45BAE1

#45BAE1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.117 H 224.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#45BAE1
RGBrgb(69, 186, 225)
HSLhsl(195, 72%, 58%)
HSVhsv(195, 69%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(69.3%, 17.3%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LABlab(70.74, -20.36, -29.03)
CIE-LCHlch(70.74, 35.46, 234.95°)
OKLaboklab(73.94% -0.0838 -0.0812)
OKLCHoklch(73.94% 0.117 224.1)
XYZxyz(33.5982, 41.8155, 77.5200)
Luminance0.4182 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#45BAE1 #E16C45
analogous
#45E1BA #45BAE1 #456CE1
triadic
#45BAE1 #E145BA #BAE145
tetradic
#45BAE1 #BA45E1 #E16C45 #6CE145
square
#45BAE1 #BA45E1 #E16C45 #6CE145
split-complementary
#45BAE1 #E1456C #E1BA45
monochromatic
#187594 #209EC8 #45BAE1 #7ACEE9 #AEE1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24
#45BAE1 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36
#45BAE1 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BAE1
9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##45BAE1#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##45BAE11.002.249.369.36
#FFFFFF2.241.0021.0021.00
#0000009.3621.001.001.00
##0000009.3621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A4B6E3
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8FA6E1
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C6C7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #45bae1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 186, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.117 224.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bceea',
    500: '#45bae1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #45bae1;
$custom-light: #8bceea;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#45bae1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 72.222,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73941,
    "c": 0.11668,
    "h": 224.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#45BAE1
secondary
#E0B1A2
accent
#6639EF
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F9FD
border
#CCD2D5
text
#0D1316
muted
#7E8284

Preview Lab

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#45BAE1 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva