#45BDE2#45BDE2

#45BDE2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.117 H 222.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BDE2
RGB	rgb(69, 189, 226)
HSL	hsl(194, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(194, 69%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.5%, 16.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.66, -21.59, -28.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.66, 35.49, 232.53°)
OKLab	oklab(74.68% -0.0864 -0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(74.68% 0.117 222.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.3737, 43.1475, 78.4535)
Luminance	0.4315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BDE2 #E26A45

analogous

#45E2B8 #45BDE2 #456EE2

triadic

#45BDE2 #E245BD #BDE245

tetradic

#45BDE2 #B845E2 #E26A45 #6EE245

square

#45BDE2 #B845E2 #E26A45 #6EE245

split-complementary

#45BDE2 #E2456E #E2B845

monochromatic

#177895 #20A2CA #45BDE2 #7AD0EA #AFE3F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#45BDE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#45BDE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BDE2

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BDE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BDE2	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B9E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A9E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bde2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 189, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.117 222.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd1eb',
    500: '#45bde2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bde2;
$custom-light: #8cd1eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bde2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.14,
    "s": 73.023,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74684,
    "c": 0.11688,
    "h": 222.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BDE2

secondary

#E1B1A2

accent

#6338F0

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BDE2

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

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