#45BFE6#45BFE6

#45BFE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.119 H 223.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BFE6
RGB	rgb(69, 191, 230)
HSL	hsl(195, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(195, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 17%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.39, -21.36, -29.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.39, 36.19, 233.83°)
OKLab	oklab(75.32% -0.0869 -0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(75.32% 0.119 223.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.3621, 44.2359, 81.5223)
Luminance	0.4424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BFE6 #E66C45

analogous

#45E6BC #45BFE6 #456EE6

triadic

#45BFE6 #E645BF #BFE645

tetradic

#45BFE6 #BC45E6 #E66C45 #6EE645

square

#45BFE6 #BC45E6 #E66C45 #6EE645

split-complementary

#45BFE6 #E6456E #E6BC45

monochromatic

#157B9C #1CA6D2 #45BFE6 #7BD2ED #B1E4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#45BFE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#45BFE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BFE6

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BFE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BFE6	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9BBE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93AAE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bfe6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 191, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.119 223.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd2ee',
    500: '#45bfe6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bfe6;
$custom-light: #8cd2ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bfe6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.534,
    "s": 76.303,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75319,
    "c": 0.11925,
    "h": 223.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BFE6

secondary

#E3B3A4

accent

#6335F3

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BFE6

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

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