#45BAE2#45BAE2

#45BAE2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.117 H 224.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BAE2
RGB	rgb(69, 186, 226)
HSL	hsl(195, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(195, 69%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.5%, 17.7%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.78, -20.05, -29.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.78, 35.68, 235.82°)
OKLab	oklab(73.98% -0.0834 -0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(73.98% 0.117 224.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.7350, 41.8702, 78.2406)
Luminance	0.4187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BAE2 #E26D45

analogous

#45E2BC #45BAE2 #456BE2

triadic

#45BAE2 #E245BA #BAE245

tetradic

#45BAE2 #BC45E2 #E26D45 #6BE245

square

#45BAE2 #BC45E2 #E26D45 #6BE245

split-complementary

#45BAE2 #E2456B #E2BC45

monochromatic

#177595 #209FCA #45BAE2 #7ACEEA #AFE1F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#45BAE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#45BAE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BAE2

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BAE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BAE2	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B6E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA6E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bae2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 186, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.117 224.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bceeb',
    500: '#45bae2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bae2;
$custom-light: #8bceeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bae2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.287,
    "s": 73.023,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73984,
    "c": 0.11739,
    "h": 224.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BAE2

secondary

#E1B2A2

accent

#6738F0

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BAE2

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

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