#45B0D9#45B0D9

#45B0D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.113 H 227.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B0D9
RGB	rgb(69, 176, 217)
HSL	hsl(197, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(197, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 18.9%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.52, -17.68, -29.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.52, 34.50, 239.16°)
OKLab	oklab(71.26% -0.0768 -0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(71.26% 0.113 227.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.4989, 37.3223, 71.2287)
Luminance	0.3733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B0D9 #D96E45

analogous

#45D9B8 #45B0D9 #4566D9

triadic

#45B0D9 #D945B0 #B0D945

tetradic

#45B0D9 #B845D9 #D96E45 #66D945

square

#45B0D9 #B845D9 #D96E45 #66D945

split-complementary

#45B0D9 #D94566 #D9B845

monochromatic

#1C6A88 #2692BB #45B0D9 #78C6E3 #ABDBEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#45B0D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#45B0D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B0D9

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B0D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B0D9	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AADDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869ED8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b0d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 176, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.113 227.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac7e5',
    500: '#45b0d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b0d9;
$custom-light: #8ac7e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b0d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.622,
    "s": 66.071,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71259,
    "c": 0.11305,
    "h": 227.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B0D9

secondary

#DBAF9E

accent

#6E3FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B0D9

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

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