#45B2DC#45B2DC

#45B2DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.115 H 227.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B2DC
RGB	rgb(69, 178, 220)
HSL	hsl(197, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(197, 69%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 19.1%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.22, -17.78, -30.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.22, 35.03, 239.50°)
OKLab	oklab(71.86% -0.0777 -0.0845)
OKLCH	oklch(71.86% 0.115 227.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.2877, 38.2698, 73.4341)
Luminance	0.3827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B2DC #DC6F45

analogous

#45DCBB #45B2DC #4567DC

triadic

#45B2DC #DC45B2 #B2DC45

tetradic

#45B2DC #BB45DC #DC6F45 #67DC45

square

#45B2DC #BB45DC #DC6F45 #67DC45

split-complementary

#45B2DC #DC4567 #DCBB45

monochromatic

#1A6D8C #2494C0 #45B2DC #79C7E6 #ACDDEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#45B2DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#45B2DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B2DC

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B2DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B2DC	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAFDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A0DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b2dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 178, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.115 227.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac9e7',
    500: '#45b2dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b2dc;
$custom-light: #8ac9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b2dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.689,
    "s": 68.326,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71858,
    "c": 0.11484,
    "h": 227.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B2DC

secondary

#DDB1A0

accent

#6D3DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B2DC

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

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