#45B1CD#45B1CD

#45B1CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.105 H 218.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B1CD
RGB	rgb(69, 177, 205)
HSL	hsl(192, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(192, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 13.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.36, -21.98, -23.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.36, 32.00, 226.62°)
OKLab	oklab(70.99% -0.0824 -0.0648)
OKLCH	oklch(70.99% 0.105 218.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.1913, 37.1141, 63.3711)
Luminance	0.3712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B1CD #CD6145

analogous

#45CDA5 #45B1CD #456DCD

triadic

#45B1CD #CD45B1 #B1CD45

tetradic

#45B1CD #A545CD #CD6145 #6DCD45

square

#45B1CD #A545CD #CD6145 #6DCD45

split-complementary

#45B1CD #CD456D #CDA545

monochromatic

#206577 #2D8EA8 #45B1CD #75C5DA #A5D9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#45B1CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#45B1CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B1CD

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B1CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B1CD	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FACCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C9ECD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b1cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 177, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.105 218.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c8dc',
    500: '#45b1cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b1cd;
$custom-light: #88c8dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b1cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.353,
    "s": 57.627,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70986,
    "c": 0.10479,
    "h": 218.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B1CD

secondary

#D4A69A

accent

#6747E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B1CD

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

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