#45B2DB#45B2DB

#45B2DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.114 H 226.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B2DB
RGB	rgb(69, 178, 219)
HSL	hsl(196, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(196, 68%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 18.7%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.18, -18.10, -29.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.18, 34.78, 238.64°)
OKLab	oklab(71.81% -0.0781 -0.0831)
OKLCH	oklch(71.81% 0.114 226.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.1557, 38.2170, 72.7387)
Luminance	0.3822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B2DB #DB6E45

analogous

#45DBB9 #45B2DB #4567DB

triadic

#45B2DB #DB45B2 #B2DB45

tetradic

#45B2DB #B945DB #DB6E45 #67DB45

square

#45B2DB #B945DB #DB6E45 #67DB45

split-complementary

#45B2DB #DB4567 #DBB945

monochromatic

#1B6C8B #2594BE #45B2DB #78C7E5 #ACDCEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#45B2DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#45B2DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B2DB

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B2DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B2DB	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAFDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A0DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b2db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 178, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.114 226.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac9e6',
    500: '#45b2db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b2db;
$custom-light: #8ac9e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b2db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.4,
    "s": 67.568,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71814,
    "c": 0.11406,
    "h": 226.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B2DB

secondary

#DDB09F

accent

#6D3DEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B2DB

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

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