#45BCE6#45BCE6

#45BCE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.120 H 225.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BCE6
RGB	rgb(69, 188, 230)
HSL	hsl(196, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(196, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 18.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.51, -19.81, -30.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.51, 36.42, 237.04°)
OKLab	oklab(74.62% -0.0839 -0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(74.62% 0.12 225.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.7146, 42.9409, 81.3064)
Luminance	0.4294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BCE6 #E66F45

analogous

#45E6BF #45BCE6 #456BE6

triadic

#45BCE6 #E645BC #BCE645

tetradic

#45BCE6 #BF45E6 #E66F45 #6BE645

square

#45BCE6 #BF45E6 #E66F45 #6BE645

split-complementary

#45BCE6 #E6456B #E6BF45

monochromatic

#15799C #1CA2D2 #45BCE6 #7BCFED #B1E3F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#45BCE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#45BCE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BCE6

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BCE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BCE6	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B8E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA8E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bce6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 188, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.120 225.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd0ee',
    500: '#45bce6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bce6;
$custom-light: #8cd0ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bce6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.652,
    "s": 76.303,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74621,
    "c": 0.11985,
    "h": 225.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BCE6

secondary

#E3B4A4

accent

#6635F3

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BCE6

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

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