#45ABDB#45ABDB

#45ABDB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.116 H 232.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45ABDB
RGB	rgb(69, 171, 219)
HSL	hsl(199, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(199, 68%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 21.9%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.14, -14.37, -32.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.14, 35.86, 246.37°)
OKLab	oklab(70.18% -0.0712 -0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(70.18% 0.116 232.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.7983, 35.5022, 72.2863)
Luminance	0.3551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45ABDB #DB7545

analogous

#45DBC0 #45ABDB #4560DB

triadic

#45ABDB #DB45AB #ABDB45

tetradic

#45ABDB #C045DB #DB7545 #60DB45

square

#45ABDB #C045DB #DB7545 #60DB45

split-complementary

#45ABDB #DB4560 #DBC045

monochromatic

#1B678B #258DBE #45ABDB #78C2E5 #ACD9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#45ABDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#45ABDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45ABDB

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45ABDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45ABDB	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A9DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F9ADA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45abdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 171, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.116 232.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac4e6',
    500: '#45abdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45abdb;
$custom-light: #8ac4e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45abdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.2,
    "s": 67.568,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70184,
    "c": 0.11648,
    "h": 232.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45ABDB

secondary

#DDB39F

accent

#753DEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #45ABDB

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

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