#45BFE8#45BFE8

#45BFE8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.121 H 224.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BFE8
RGB	rgb(69, 191, 232)
HSL	hsl(195, 78%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(195, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.3%, 17.7%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.46, -20.73, -30.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.46, 36.62, 235.52°)
OKLab	oklab(75.4% -0.0861 -0.0845)
OKLCH	oklch(75.4% 0.121 224.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.6446, 44.3489, 83.0099)
Luminance	0.4435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#45BFE8 #E86E45

analogous

#45E8C0 #45BFE8 #456EE8

triadic

#45BFE8 #E845BF #BFE845

tetradic

#45BFE8 #C045E8 #E86E45 #6EE845

square

#45BFE8 #C045E8 #E86E45 #6EE845

split-complementary

#45BFE8 #E8456E #E8C045

monochromatic

#147C9F #1AA6D5 #45BFE8 #7BD2EF #B2E4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#45BFE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#45BFE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BFE8

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BFE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BFE8	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8BBEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92ABE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bfe8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 191, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.121 224.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd2ef',
    500: '#45bfe8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bfe8;
$custom-light: #8cd2ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bfe8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.092,
    "s": 77.99,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75404,
    "c": 0.12063,
    "h": 224.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BFE8

secondary

#E4B5A4

accent

#6433F4

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BFE8

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

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