#45B0DC#45B0DC

#45B0DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.115 H 229.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B0DC
RGB	rgb(69, 176, 220)
HSL	hsl(197, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(197, 69%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 20%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.64, -16.72, -31.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.64, 35.30, 241.73°)
OKLab	oklab(71.39% -0.0758 -0.0871)
OKLCH	oklch(71.39% 0.115 229)
XYZ	xyz(30.8927, 37.4798, 73.3025)
Luminance	0.3748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B0DC #DC7145

analogous

#45DCBC #45B0DC #4565DC

triadic

#45B0DC #DC45B0 #B0DC45

tetradic

#45B0DC #BC45DC #DC7145 #65DC45

square

#45B0DC #BC45DC #DC7145 #65DC45

split-complementary

#45B0DC #DC4565 #DCBC45

monochromatic

#1A6B8C #2492C0 #45B0DC #79C6E6 #ACDCEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#45B0DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#45B0DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B0DC

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B0DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B0DC	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99ADDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849EDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b0dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 176, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.115 229.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac7e7',
    500: '#45b0dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b0dc;
$custom-light: #8ac7e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b0dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.483,
    "s": 68.326,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71392,
    "c": 0.11545,
    "h": 229
  },
  "luminance": 0.37483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B0DC

secondary

#DDB2A0

accent

#6F3DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B0DC

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

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