#45B2DD#45B2DD

#45B2DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.116 H 228.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B2DD
RGB	rgb(69, 178, 221)
HSL	hsl(197, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(197, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 19.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.26, -17.46, -30.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.26, 35.29, 240.35°)
OKLab	oklab(71.9% -0.0774 -0.0859)
OKLCH	oklch(71.9% 0.116 228)
XYZ	xyz(31.4205, 38.3230, 74.1337)
Luminance	0.3833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B2DD #DD7045

analogous

#45DDBC #45B2DD #4566DD

triadic

#45B2DD #DD45B2 #B2DD45

tetradic

#45B2DD #BC45DD #DD7045 #66DD45

square

#45B2DD #BC45DD #DD7045 #66DD45

split-complementary

#45B2DD #DD4566 #DDBC45

monochromatic

#1A6D8E #2395C1 #45B2DD #79C7E6 #ACDDF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#45B2DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#45B2DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B2DD

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B2DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B2DD	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BAFDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A0DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b2dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 178, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.116 228.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac9e7',
    500: '#45b2dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b2dd;
$custom-light: #8ac9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b2dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.974,
    "s": 69.091,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71902,
    "c": 0.11564,
    "h": 228
  },
  "luminance": 0.38326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B2DD

secondary

#DEB1A0

accent

#6E3CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B2DD

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

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