#45B0D8#45B0D8

#45B0D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.112 H 226.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B0D8
RGB	rgb(69, 176, 216)
HSL	hsl(196, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(196, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 18.5%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.48, -18.00, -29.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.48, 34.24, 238.29°)
OKLab	oklab(71.22% -0.0772 -0.0815)
OKLCH	oklch(71.22% 0.112 226.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.3693, 37.2704, 70.5458)
Luminance	0.3727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B0D8 #D86D45

analogous

#45D8B7 #45B0D8 #4566D8

triadic

#45B0D8 #D845B0 #B0D845

tetradic

#45B0D8 #B745D8 #D86D45 #66D845

square

#45B0D8 #B745D8 #D86D45 #66D845

split-complementary

#45B0D8 #D84566 #D8B745

monochromatic

#1C6A86 #2791B9 #45B0D8 #78C5E3 #AADBED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#45B0D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#45B0D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B0D8

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B0D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B0D8	1.00	2.48	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AADDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869ED8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b0d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 176, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.112 226.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c7e4',
    500: '#45b0d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b0d8;
$custom-light: #89c7e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b0d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.327,
    "s": 65.333,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71216,
    "c": 0.11227,
    "h": 226.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B0D8

secondary

#DBAF9E

accent

#6D40E8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B0D8

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

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