#45BBE6#45BBE6

#45BBE6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.120 H 226.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BBE6
RGB	rgb(69, 187, 230)
HSL	hsl(196, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(196, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 18.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.22, -19.29, -31.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.22, 36.52, 238.11°)
OKLab	oklab(74.39% -0.083 -0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(74.39% 0.12 226.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.5017, 42.5151, 81.2355)
Luminance	0.4252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#45BBE6 #E67045

analogous

#45E6C0 #45BBE6 #456AE6

triadic

#45BBE6 #E645BB #BBE645

tetradic

#45BBE6 #C045E6 #E67045 #6AE645

square

#45BBE6 #C045E6 #E67045 #6AE645

split-complementary

#45BBE6 #E6456A #E6C045

monochromatic

#15789C #1CA1D2 #45BBE6 #7BCFED #B1E2F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#45BBE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#45BBE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BBE6

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BBE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BBE6	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B7E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA7E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bbe6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 187, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.120 226.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccfee',
    500: '#45bbe6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bbe6;
$custom-light: #8ccfee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bbe6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.025,
    "s": 76.303,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74389,
    "c": 0.1201,
    "h": 226.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BBE6

secondary

#E3B5A4

accent

#6835F3

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BBE6

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

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