#45BCE2#45BCE2

#45BCE2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.117 H 223.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BCE2
RGB	rgb(69, 188, 226)
HSL	hsl(195, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(195, 69%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.5%, 16.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.36, -21.08, -28.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.36, 35.54, 233.63°)
OKLab	oklab(74.45% -0.0854 -0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(74.45% 0.117 223.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.1593, 42.7188, 78.3820)
Luminance	0.4272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BCE2 #E26B45

analogous

#45E2B9 #45BCE2 #456EE2

triadic

#45BCE2 #E245BC #BCE245

tetradic

#45BCE2 #B945E2 #E26B45 #6EE245

square

#45BCE2 #B945E2 #E26B45 #6EE245

split-complementary

#45BCE2 #E2456E #E2B945

monochromatic

#177795 #20A1CA #45BCE2 #7ACFEA #AFE2F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#45BCE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#45BCE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BCE2

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BCE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BCE2	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B8E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A8E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bce2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 188, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.117 223.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd0eb',
    500: '#45bce2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bce2;
$custom-light: #8cd0eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bce2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.522,
    "s": 73.023,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7445,
    "c": 0.11703,
    "h": 223.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BCE2

secondary

#E1B1A2

accent

#6538F0

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BCE2

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

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