#45BCE5#45BCE5

#45BCE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.119 H 224.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BCE5
RGB	rgb(69, 188, 229)
HSL	hsl(195, 75%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(195, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 17.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.48, -20.13, -30.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.48, 36.19, 236.20°)
OKLab	oklab(74.58% -0.0843 -0.0842)
OKLCH	oklch(74.58% 0.119 224.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.5746, 42.8849, 80.5690)
Luminance	0.4289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BCE5 #E56E45

analogous

#45E5BE #45BCE5 #456CE5

triadic

#45BCE5 #E545BC #BCE545

tetradic

#45BCE5 #BE45E5 #E56E45 #6CE545

square

#45BCE5 #BE45E5 #E56E45 #6CE545

split-complementary

#45BCE5 #E5456C #E5BE45

monochromatic

#16789A #1DA2D0 #45BCE5 #7BCFED #B0E3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#45BCE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#45BCE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BCE5

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BCE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BCE5	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B8E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA8E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bce5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 188, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.119 224.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd0ed',
    500: '#45bce5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bce5;
$custom-light: #8cd0ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bce5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.375,
    "s": 75.472,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74578,
    "c": 0.11913,
    "h": 224.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BCE5

secondary

#E3B3A3

accent

#6636F2

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BCE5

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

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