#45BCE8#45BCE8

#45BCE8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.121 H 226.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BCE8
RGB	rgb(69, 188, 232)
HSL	hsl(196, 78%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(196, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.3%, 19%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.59, -19.18, -31.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.59, 36.90, 238.69°)
OKLab	oklab(74.71% -0.0832 -0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(74.71% 0.121 226.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.9970, 43.0539, 82.7941)
Luminance	0.4306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BCE8 #E87145

analogous

#45E8C2 #45BCE8 #456BE8

triadic

#45BCE8 #E845BC #BCE845

tetradic

#45BCE8 #C245E8 #E87145 #6BE845

square

#45BCE8 #C245E8 #E87145 #6BE845

split-complementary

#45BCE8 #E8456B #E8C245

monochromatic

#14799F #1AA3D5 #45BCE8 #7BD0EF #B2E3F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#45BCE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#45BCE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BCE8

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BCE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BCE8	1.00	2.18	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B9EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA8E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bce8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 188, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.121 226.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd0ef',
    500: '#45bce8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bce8;
$custom-light: #8cd0ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bce8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.196,
    "s": 77.99,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74708,
    "c": 0.12134,
    "h": 226.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BCE8

secondary

#E4B6A4

accent

#6733F4

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BCE8

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

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