#45BAE5#45BAE5

#45BAE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.120 H 226.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BAE5
RGB	rgb(69, 186, 229)
HSL	hsl(196, 75%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(196, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 18.8%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.90, -19.09, -30.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.90, 36.38, 238.35°)
OKLab	oklab(74.11% -0.0824 -0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(74.11% 0.12 226.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.1503, 42.0363, 80.4276)
Luminance	0.4204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BAE5 #E57045

analogous

#45E5C0 #45BAE5 #456AE5

triadic

#45BAE5 #E545BA #BAE545

tetradic

#45BAE5 #C045E5 #E57045 #6AE545

square

#45BAE5 #C045E5 #E57045 #6AE545

split-complementary

#45BAE5 #E5456A #E5C045

monochromatic

#16769A #1DA0D0 #45BAE5 #7BCEED #B0E2F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#45BAE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#45BAE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BAE5

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BAE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BAE5	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B6E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA7E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bae5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 186, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.120 226.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cceed',
    500: '#45bae5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bae5;
$custom-light: #8cceed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bae5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.125,
    "s": 75.472,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74114,
    "c": 0.1196,
    "h": 226.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BAE5

secondary

#E3B4A3

accent

#6836F2

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BAE5

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

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