#45BBE5#45BBE5

#45BBE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.119 H 225.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BBE5
RGB	rgb(69, 187, 229)
HSL	hsl(196, 75%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(196, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 18.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.19, -19.61, -30.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.19, 36.28, 237.28°)
OKLab	oklab(74.35% -0.0833 -0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(74.35% 0.119 225.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.3617, 42.4591, 80.4980)
Luminance	0.4246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BBE5 #E56F45

analogous

#45E5BF #45BBE5 #456BE5

triadic

#45BBE5 #E545BB #BBE545

tetradic

#45BBE5 #BF45E5 #E56F45 #6BE545

square

#45BBE5 #BF45E5 #E56F45 #6BE545

split-complementary

#45BBE5 #E5456B #E5BF45

monochromatic

#16779A #1DA1D0 #45BBE5 #7BCFED #B0E2F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#45BBE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#45BBE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BBE5

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BBE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BBE5	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B7E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA7E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bbe5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 187, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.119 225.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccfed',
    500: '#45bbe5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bbe5;
$custom-light: #8ccfed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bbe5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.75,
    "s": 75.472,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74346,
    "c": 0.11935,
    "h": 225.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BBE5

secondary

#E3B4A3

accent

#6736F2

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BBE5

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

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