#45B2DA#45B2DA

#45B2DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.113 H 226.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B2DA
RGB	rgb(69, 178, 218)
HSL	hsl(196, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(196, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 18.3%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.14, -18.42, -29.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.14, 34.53, 237.77°)
OKLab	oklab(71.77% -0.0785 -0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(71.77% 0.113 226.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.0244, 38.1645, 72.0475)
Luminance	0.3817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B2DA #DA6D45

analogous

#45DAB7 #45B2DA #4568DA

triadic

#45B2DA #DA45B2 #B2DA45

tetradic

#45B2DA #B745DA #DA6D45 #68DA45

square

#45B2DA #B745DA #DA6D45 #68DA45

split-complementary

#45B2DA #DA4568 #DAB745

monochromatic

#1B6C89 #2594BC #45B2DA #78C7E4 #ABDCEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#45B2DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#45B2DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B2DA

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B2DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B2DA	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAFDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A0DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b2da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 178, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.113 226.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac9e5',
    500: '#45b2da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b2da;
$custom-light: #8ac9e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b2da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.107,
    "s": 66.816,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71771,
    "c": 0.1133,
    "h": 226.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B2DA

secondary

#DCAF9F

accent

#6C3EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B2DA

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

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