#45B2D8#45B2D8

#45B2D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.112 H 224.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B2D8
RGB	rgb(69, 178, 216)
HSL	hsl(196, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(196, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 17.6%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.07, -19.05, -28.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.07, 34.06, 235.99°)
OKLab	oklab(71.68% -0.0792 -0.0789)
OKLCH	oklch(71.68% 0.112 224.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.7643, 38.0605, 70.6775)
Luminance	0.3806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B2D8 #D86B45

analogous

#45D8B4 #45B2D8 #4568D8

triadic

#45B2D8 #D845B2 #B2D845

tetradic

#45B2D8 #B445D8 #D86B45 #68D845

square

#45B2D8 #B445D8 #D86B45 #68D845

split-complementary

#45B2D8 #D84568 #D8B445

monochromatic

#1C6B86 #2793B9 #45B2D8 #78C7E3 #AADCED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#45B2D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#45B2D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B2D8

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B2D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B2D8	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DAEDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#899FD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b2d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 178, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.112 224.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac9e4',
    500: '#45b2d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b2d8;
$custom-light: #8ac9e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b2d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.51,
    "s": 65.333,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71684,
    "c": 0.11181,
    "h": 224.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B2D8

secondary

#DBAE9E

accent

#6B40E8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B2D8

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

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