#45BEE5#45BEE5

#45BEE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.119 H 223.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BEE5
RGB	rgb(69, 190, 229)
HSL	hsl(195, 75%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(195, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 17%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.06, -21.16, -29.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.06, 36.05, 234.05°)
OKLab	oklab(75.04% -0.0863 -0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(75.04% 0.119 223.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.0048, 43.7453, 80.7124)
Luminance	0.4375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BEE5 #E56C45

analogous

#45E5BC #45BEE5 #456EE5

triadic

#45BEE5 #E545BE #BEE545

tetradic

#45BEE5 #BC45E5 #E56C45 #6EE545

square

#45BEE5 #BC45E5 #E56C45 #6EE545

split-complementary

#45BEE5 #E5456E #E5BC45

monochromatic

#167A9A #1DA4D0 #45BEE5 #7BD1ED #B0E4F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#45BEE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#45BEE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BEE5

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BEE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BEE5	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8BAE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92AAE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CACB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bee5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 190, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.119 223.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd1ed',
    500: '#45bee5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bee5;
$custom-light: #8cd1ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bee5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.625,
    "s": 75.472,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75044,
    "c": 0.11873,
    "h": 223.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BEE5

secondary

#E3B3A3

accent

#6436F2

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BEE5

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

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