#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
RGBrgb(69, 186, 233)
HSLhsl(197, 79%, 59%)
HSVhsv(197, 70%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(70.4%, 20.2%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(71.05, -17.81, -32.91)
CIE-LCHlch(71.05, 37.42, 241.57°)
OKLaboklab(74.29% -0.0809 -0.0923)
OKLCHoklch(74.29% 0.123 228.7)
XYZxyz(34.7152, 42.2623, 83.4028)
Luminance0.4227 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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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
##45BAE91.002.229.459.45
#FFFFFF2.221.0021.0021.00
#0000009.4521.001.001.00
##0000009.4521.001.001.00

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

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#45BAE9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva