#45BDE8#45BDE8

#45BDE8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.121 H 226.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BDE8
RGB	rgb(69, 189, 232)
HSL	hsl(196, 78%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(196, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.3%, 18.5%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.88, -19.70, -31.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.88, 36.80, 237.64°)
OKLab	oklab(74.94% -0.0842 -0.087)
OKLCH	oklch(74.94% 0.121 226)
XYZ	xyz(35.2114, 43.4826, 82.8655)
Luminance	0.4349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BDE8 #E87045

analogous

#45E8C1 #45BDE8 #456CE8

triadic

#45BDE8 #E845BD #BDE845

tetradic

#45BDE8 #C145E8 #E87045 #6CE845

square

#45BDE8 #C145E8 #E87045 #6CE845

split-complementary

#45BDE8 #E8456C #E8C145

monochromatic

#147A9F #1AA4D5 #45BDE8 #7BD0EF #B2E4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#45BDE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#45BDE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BDE8

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BDE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BDE8	1.00	2.17	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B9EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA9E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CACB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bde8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 189, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.121 226.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd1ef',
    500: '#45bde8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bde8;
$custom-light: #8cd1ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bde8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.828,
    "s": 77.99,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7494,
    "c": 0.12109,
    "h": 226
  },
  "luminance": 0.43487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BDE8

secondary

#E4B5A4

accent

#6633F4

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BDE8

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

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