#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
RGB	rgb(69, 186, 225)
HSL	hsl(195, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(195, 69%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 17.3%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.74, -20.36, -29.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.74, 35.46, 234.95°)
OKLab	oklab(73.94% -0.0838 -0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(73.94% 0.117 224.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.5982, 41.8155, 77.5200)
Luminance	0.4182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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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
##45BAE1	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #45BAE1

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

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