#45BAE3#45BAE3

#45BAE3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.118 H 225.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BAE3
RGB	rgb(69, 186, 227)
HSL	hsl(196, 74%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(196, 70%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 18.1%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.82, -19.73, -30.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.82, 35.91, 236.67°)
OKLab	oklab(74.03% -0.0831 -0.0839)
OKLCH	oklch(74.03% 0.118 225.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.8726, 41.9252, 78.9654)
Luminance	0.4193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BAE3 #E36E45

analogous

#45E3BD #45BAE3 #456BE3

triadic

#45BAE3 #E345BA #BAE345

tetradic

#45BAE3 #BD45E3 #E36E45 #6BE345

square

#45BAE3 #BD45E3 #E36E45 #6BE345

split-complementary

#45BAE3 #E3456B #E3BD45

monochromatic

#177697 #1F9FCC #45BAE3 #7ACEEB #AFE1F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#45BAE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#45BAE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BAE3

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BAE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BAE3	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B6E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA6E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bae3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 186, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.118 225.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cceec',
    500: '#45bae3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bae3;
$custom-light: #8cceec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bae3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.57,
    "s": 73.832,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74027,
    "c": 0.11811,
    "h": 225.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BAE3

secondary

#E1B3A2

accent

#6737F0

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BAE3

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

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