#45BAE9#45BAE9

#45BAE9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.123 H 228.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BAE9
RGB	rgb(69, 186, 233)
HSL	hsl(197, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(197, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 20.2%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.05, -17.81, -32.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.05, 37.42, 241.57°)
OKLab	oklab(74.29% -0.0809 -0.0923)
OKLCH	oklch(74.29% 0.123 228.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.7152, 42.2623, 83.4028)
Luminance	0.4227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BAE9 #E97445

analogous

#45E9C6 #45BAE9 #4568E9

triadic

#45BAE9 #E945BA #BAE945

tetradic

#45BAE9 #C645E9 #E97445 #68E945

square

#45BAE9 #C645E9 #E97445 #68E945

split-complementary

#45BAE9 #E94568 #E9C645

monochromatic

#1378A1 #19A1D7 #45BAE9 #7CCEEF #B2E3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#45BAE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#45BAE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BAE9

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BAE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BAE9	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B7EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA7E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bae9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 186, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.123 228.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccef0',
    500: '#45bae9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bae9;
$custom-light: #8ccef0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bae9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.195,
    "s": 78.846,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74289,
    "c": 0.12273,
    "h": 228.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BAE9

secondary

#E5B7A5

accent

#6A32F5

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BAE9

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

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