#45BDE6#45BDE6

#45BDE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.120 H 224.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BDE6
RGB	rgb(69, 189, 230)
HSL	hsl(195, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(195, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 17.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.81, -20.33, -30.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.81, 36.33, 235.97°)
OKLab	oklab(74.85% -0.0849 -0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(74.85% 0.12 224.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.9289, 43.3696, 81.3779)
Luminance	0.4337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BDE6 #E66E45

analogous

#45E6BF #45BDE6 #456CE6

triadic

#45BDE6 #E645BD #BDE645

tetradic

#45BDE6 #BF45E6 #E66E45 #6CE645

square

#45BDE6 #BF45E6 #E66E45 #6CE645

split-complementary

#45BDE6 #E6456C #E6BF45

monochromatic

#15799C #1CA3D2 #45BDE6 #7BD0ED #B1E3F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#45BDE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#45BDE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BDE6

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BDE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BDE6	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B9E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A9E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bde6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 189, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.120 224.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd1ee',
    500: '#45bde6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bde6;
$custom-light: #8cd1ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bde6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.28,
    "s": 76.303,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74854,
    "c": 0.11963,
    "h": 224.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BDE6

secondary

#E3B4A4

accent

#6535F3

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BDE6

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

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