#45BAE8#45BAE8

#45BAE8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.122 H 228.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BAE8
RGB	rgb(69, 186, 232)
HSL	hsl(197, 78%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(197, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.3%, 19.8%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.01, -18.13, -32.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.01, 37.15, 240.78°)
OKLab	oklab(74.25% -0.0813 -0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(74.25% 0.122 228.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.5728, 42.2053, 82.6526)
Luminance	0.4221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BAE8 #E87345

analogous

#45E8C5 #45BAE8 #4569E8

triadic

#45BAE8 #E845BA #BAE845

tetradic

#45BAE8 #C545E8 #E87345 #69E845

square

#45BAE8 #C545E8 #E87345 #69E845

split-complementary

#45BAE8 #E84569 #E8C545

monochromatic

#14789F #1AA1D5 #45BAE8 #7BCEEF #B2E2F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#45BAE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#45BAE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BAE8

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BAE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BAE8	1.00	2.22	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B7EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA7E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bae8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 186, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.122 228.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cceef',
    500: '#45bae8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bae8;
$custom-light: #8cceef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bae8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.933,
    "s": 77.99,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74245,
    "c": 0.12193,
    "h": 228.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BAE8

secondary

#E4B6A4

accent

#6A33F4

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BAE8

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

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