#45BBE8#45BBE8

#45BBE8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.122 H 227.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BBE8
RGB	rgb(69, 187, 232)
HSL	hsl(197, 78%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(197, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.3%, 19.4%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.30, -18.66, -31.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.30, 37.02, 239.74°)
OKLab	oklab(74.48% -0.0822 -0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(74.48% 0.122 227.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.7842, 42.6281, 82.7231)
Luminance	0.4263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BBE8 #E87245

analogous

#45E8C3 #45BBE8 #456AE8

triadic

#45BBE8 #E845BB #BBE845

tetradic

#45BBE8 #C345E8 #E87245 #6AE845

square

#45BBE8 #C345E8 #E87245 #6AE845

split-complementary

#45BBE8 #E8456A #E8C345

monochromatic

#14789F #1AA2D5 #45BBE8 #7BCFEF #B2E3F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#45BBE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#45BBE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BBE8

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BBE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BBE8	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B8EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA8E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bbe8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 187, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.122 227.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccfef',
    500: '#45bbe8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bbe8;
$custom-light: #8ccfef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bbe8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.564,
    "s": 77.99,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74476,
    "c": 0.12163,
    "h": 227.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BBE8

secondary

#E4B6A4

accent

#6933F4

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BBE8

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

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