#45BED8#45BED8

#45BED8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.111 H 214.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BED8
RGB	rgb(69, 190, 216)
HSL	hsl(191, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(191, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 12%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.59, -25.20, -22.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.59, 34.00, 222.19°)
OKLab	oklab(74.51% -0.0912 -0.0636)
OKLCH	oklch(74.51% 0.111 214.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.2572, 43.0462, 71.5085)
Luminance	0.4305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BED8 #D85F45

analogous

#45D8A8 #45BED8 #4574D8

triadic

#45BED8 #D845BE #BED845

tetradic

#45BED8 #A845D8 #D85F45 #74D845

square

#45BED8 #A845D8 #D85F45 #74D845

split-complementary

#45BED8 #D84574 #D8A845

monochromatic

#1C7486 #279FB9 #45BED8 #78D0E3 #AAE1ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#45BED8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#45BED8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BED8

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BED8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BED8	1.00	2.19	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.19	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)

#ACB8D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A9D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bed8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 190, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.111 214.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd2e4',
    500: '#45bed8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bed8;
$custom-light: #8bd2e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bed8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.612,
    "s": 65.333,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74509,
    "c": 0.11118,
    "h": 214.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BED8

secondary

#DBA99E

accent

#5D40E8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BED8

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

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