#45BEE6#45BEE6

#45BEE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.119 H 224.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BEE6
RGB	rgb(69, 190, 230)
HSL	hsl(195, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(195, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 17.4%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.10, -20.85, -29.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.10, 36.26, 234.90°)
OKLab	oklab(75.09% -0.0859 -0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(75.09% 0.119 224)
XYZ	xyz(35.1448, 43.8013, 81.4498)
Luminance	0.4380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#45BEE6 #E66D45

analogous

#45E6BD #45BEE6 #456DE6

triadic

#45BEE6 #E645BE #BEE645

tetradic

#45BEE6 #BD45E6 #E66D45 #6DE645

square

#45BEE6 #BD45E6 #E66D45 #6DE645

split-complementary

#45BEE6 #E6456D #E6BD45

monochromatic

#157A9C #1CA5D2 #45BEE6 #7BD1ED #B1E4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#45BEE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#45BEE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BEE6

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BEE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BEE6	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7BAE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91AAE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CACB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bee6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 190, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.119 224.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd1ee',
    500: '#45bee6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bee6;
$custom-light: #8cd1ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bee6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.907,
    "s": 76.303,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75086,
    "c": 0.11943,
    "h": 224
  },
  "luminance": 0.43805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BEE6

secondary

#E3B3A4

accent

#6435F3

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BEE6

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

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