#45BBEE#45BBEE

#45BBEE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.127 H 230.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BBEE
RGB	rgb(69, 187, 238)
HSL	hsl(198, 83%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(198, 71%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 21.4%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.54, -16.73, -34.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.54, 38.67, 244.37°)
OKLab	oklab(74.74% -0.0801 -0.0979)
OKLCH	oklch(74.74% 0.127 230.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.6510, 42.9748, 87.2884)
Luminance	0.4298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BBEE #EE7845

analogous

#45EECD #45BBEE #4566EE

triadic

#45BBEE #EE45BB #BBEE45

tetradic

#45BBEE #CD45EE #EE7845 #66EE45

square

#45BBEE #CD45EE #EE7845 #66EE45

split-complementary

#45BBEE #EE4566 #EECD45

monochromatic

#0F7BA9 #15A3E1 #45BBEE #7DCFF3 #B5E4F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#45BBEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#45BBEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BBEE

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BBEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BBEE	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B9F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA8ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bbee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 187, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.127 230.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcff3',
    500: '#45bbee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bbee;
$custom-light: #8dcff3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bbee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.107,
    "s": 83.251,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74743,
    "c": 0.12652,
    "h": 230.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BBEE

secondary

#E8BBA7

accent

#4806E0

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1317

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BBEE

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

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