#45BCE0#45BCE0

#45BCE0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.116 H 221.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BCE0
RGB	rgb(69, 188, 224)
HSL	hsl(194, 71%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(194, 69%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 16.1%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.29, -21.71, -27.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.29, 35.15, 231.86°)
OKLab	oklab(74.37% -0.0862 -0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(74.37% 0.116 221.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.8865, 42.6096, 76.9451)
Luminance	0.4261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BCE0 #E06945

analogous

#45E0B6 #45BCE0 #456FE0

triadic

#45BCE0 #E045BC #BCE045

tetradic

#45BCE0 #B645E0 #E06945 #6FE045

square

#45BCE0 #B645E0 #E06945 #6FE045

split-complementary

#45BCE0 #E0456F #E0B645

monochromatic

#187692 #21A0C7 #45BCE0 #79CFE9 #AEE2F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#45BCE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#45BCE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BCE0

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BCE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BCE0	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B7E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A8E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bce0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 188, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.116 221.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd0e9',
    500: '#45bce0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bce0;
$custom-light: #8bd0e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bce0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.935,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74366,
    "c": 0.1157,
    "h": 221.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BCE0

secondary

#E0B0A1

accent

#643AEE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BCE0

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

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