#45BFE5#45BFE5

#45BFE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.119 H 222.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BFE5
RGB	rgb(69, 191, 229)
HSL	hsl(194, 75%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(194, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 16.6%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.35, -21.67, -28.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.35, 35.99, 232.97°)
OKLab	oklab(75.28% -0.0872 -0.0803)
OKLCH	oklch(75.28% 0.119 222.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.2221, 44.1799, 80.7848)
Luminance	0.4418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BFE5 #E56B45

analogous

#45E5BB #45BFE5 #456FE5

triadic

#45BFE5 #E545BF #BFE545

tetradic

#45BFE5 #BB45E5 #E56B45 #6FE545

square

#45BFE5 #BB45E5 #E56B45 #6FE545

split-complementary

#45BFE5 #E5456F #E5BB45

monochromatic

#167B9A #1DA5D0 #45BFE5 #7BD1ED #B0E4F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#45BFE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#45BFE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BFE5

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BFE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BFE5	1.00	2.13	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9BBE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93AAE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bfe5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 191, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.119 222.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd2ed',
    500: '#45bfe5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bfe5;
$custom-light: #8cd2ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bfe5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.25,
    "s": 75.472,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75277,
    "c": 0.11857,
    "h": 222.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BFE5

secondary

#E3B2A3

accent

#6236F2

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BFE5

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

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