#45BCE4#45BCE4

#45BCE4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.118 H 224.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BCE4
RGB	rgb(69, 188, 228)
HSL	hsl(195, 75%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(195, 70%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 17.5%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.44, -20.45, -29.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.44, 35.97, 235.35°)
OKLab	oklab(74.54% -0.0847 -0.0828)
OKLCH	oklch(74.54% 0.118 224.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.4353, 42.8292, 79.8358)
Luminance	0.4283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BCE4 #E46D45

analogous

#45E4BC #45BCE4 #456CE4

triadic

#45BCE4 #E445BC #BCE445

tetradic

#45BCE4 #BC45E4 #E46D45 #6CE445

square

#45BCE4 #BC45E4 #E46D45 #6CE445

split-complementary

#45BCE4 #E4456C #E4BC45

monochromatic

#167898 #1EA2CE #45BCE4 #7ACFEC #B0E3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#45BCE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#45BCE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BCE4

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BCE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BCE4	1.00	2.20	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B8E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A8E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bce4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 188, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.118 224.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd0ec',
    500: '#45bce4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bce4;
$custom-light: #8cd0ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bce4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.094,
    "s": 74.648,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74536,
    "c": 0.11841,
    "h": 224.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BCE4

secondary

#E2B3A3

accent

#6637F1

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BCE4

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

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