#45BEE8#45BEE8

#45BEE8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.121 H 225.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BEE8
RGB	rgb(69, 190, 232)
HSL	hsl(195, 78%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(195, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.3%, 18.1%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.17, -20.21, -30.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.17, 36.70, 236.58°)
OKLab	oklab(75.17% -0.0852 -0.0857)
OKLCH	oklch(75.17% 0.121 225.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.4272, 43.9143, 82.9375)
Luminance	0.4392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BEE8 #E86F45

analogous

#45E8C1 #45BEE8 #456DE8

triadic

#45BEE8 #E845BE #BEE845

tetradic

#45BEE8 #C145E8 #E86F45 #6DE845

square

#45BEE8 #C145E8 #E86F45 #6DE845

split-complementary

#45BEE8 #E8456D #E8C145

monochromatic

#147B9F #1AA5D5 #45BEE8 #7BD1EF #B2E4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#45BEE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#45BEE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BEE8

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BEE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BEE8	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7BAEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91AAE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CACC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bee8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 190, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.121 225.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd1ef',
    500: '#45bee8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bee8;
$custom-light: #8cd1ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bee8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.46,
    "s": 77.99,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75172,
    "c": 0.12085,
    "h": 225.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BEE8

secondary

#E4B5A4

accent

#6533F4

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BEE8

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

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