#45BAE6#45BAE6

#45BAE6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.120 H 227.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BAE6
RGB	rgb(69, 186, 230)
HSL	hsl(196, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(196, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 19.1%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.93, -18.77, -31.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.93, 36.63, 239.17°)
OKLab	oklab(74.16% -0.082 -0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(74.16% 0.12 227.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.2903, 42.0923, 81.1650)
Luminance	0.4210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BAE6 #E67145

analogous

#45E6C2 #45BAE6 #4569E6

triadic

#45BAE6 #E645BA #BAE645

tetradic

#45BAE6 #C245E6 #E67145 #69E645

square

#45BAE6 #C245E6 #E67145 #69E645

split-complementary

#45BAE6 #E64569 #E6C245

monochromatic

#15779C #1CA0D2 #45BAE6 #7BCEED #B1E2F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#45BAE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#45BAE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BAE6

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BAE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BAE6	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B7E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA7E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bae6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 186, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.120 227.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cceee',
    500: '#45bae6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bae6;
$custom-light: #8cceee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bae6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.398,
    "s": 76.303,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74157,
    "c": 0.12037,
    "h": 227.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BAE6

secondary

#E3B5A4

accent

#6935F3

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BAE6

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

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