#45B2D6#45B2D6

#45B2D6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.110 H 223.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B2D6
RGB	rgb(69, 178, 214)
HSL	hsl(195, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(195, 68%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 16.8%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.99, -19.68, -27.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.99, 33.61, 234.16°)
OKLab	oklab(71.6% -0.0799 -0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(71.6% 0.11 223.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.5073, 37.9577, 69.3240)
Luminance	0.3796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B2D6 #D66945

analogous

#45D6B2 #45B2D6 #4569D6

triadic

#45B2D6 #D645B2 #B2D645

tetradic

#45B2D6 #B245D6 #D66945 #69D645

square

#45B2D6 #B245D6 #D66945 #69D645

split-complementary

#45B2D6 #D64569 #D6B245

monochromatic

#1D6A84 #2893B6 #45B2D6 #77C7E1 #A9DCEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#45B2D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#45B2D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B2D6

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B2D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B2D6	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EAED8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#899FD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b2d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 178, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.110 223.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c9e2',
    500: '#45b2d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b2d6;
$custom-light: #89c9e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b2d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.897,
    "s": 63.877,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71599,
    "c": 0.11039,
    "h": 223.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B2D6

secondary

#DAAC9D

accent

#6A41E7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B2D6

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

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