#45AFDB#45AFDB

#45AFDB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.115 H 229.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45AFDB
RGB	rgb(69, 175, 219)
HSL	hsl(198, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(198, 68%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 20.1%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.30, -16.51, -31.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.30, 35.17, 242.00°)
OKLab	oklab(71.11% -0.0751 -0.087)
OKLCH	oklch(71.11% 0.115 229.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.5653, 37.0362, 72.5419)
Luminance	0.3704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45AFDB #DB7145

analogous

#45DBBC #45AFDB #4564DB

triadic

#45AFDB #DB45AF #AFDB45

tetradic

#45AFDB #BC45DB #DB7145 #64DB45

square

#45AFDB #BC45DB #DB7145 #64DB45

split-complementary

#45AFDB #DB4564 #DBBC45

monochromatic

#1B6A8B #2591BE #45AFDB #78C5E5 #ACDBEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#45AFDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#45AFDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45AFDB

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45AFDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45AFDB	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98ACDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849DDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45afdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 175, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.115 229.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac7e6',
    500: '#45afdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45afdb;
$custom-light: #8ac7e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45afdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.6,
    "s": 67.568,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71114,
    "c": 0.11496,
    "h": 229.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45AFDB

secondary

#DDB19F

accent

#703DEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #45AFDB

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

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