#45B2DE#45B2DE

#45B2DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.116 H 228.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B2DE
RGB	rgb(69, 178, 222)
HSL	hsl(197, 70%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(197, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 19.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.30, -17.14, -31.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.30, 35.56, 241.19°)
OKLab	oklab(71.95% -0.077 -0.0873)
OKLCH	oklch(71.95% 0.116 228.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.5542, 38.3764, 74.8375)
Luminance	0.3838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B2DE #DE7145

analogous

#45DEBE #45B2DE #4566DE

triadic

#45B2DE #DE45B2 #B2DE45

tetradic

#45B2DE #BE45DE #DE7145 #66DE45

square

#45B2DE #BE45DE #DE7145 #66DE45

split-complementary

#45B2DE #DE4566 #DEBE45

monochromatic

#196D8F #2395C3 #45B2DE #79C8E7 #ADDDF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#45B2DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#45B2DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B2DE

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B2DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B2DE	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BAFE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A0DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b2de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 178, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.116 228.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac9e8',
    500: '#45b2de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b2de;
$custom-light: #8ac9e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b2de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.255,
    "s": 69.863,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71946,
    "c": 0.11644,
    "h": 228.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B2DE

secondary

#DFB2A0

accent

#6E3BED

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B2DE

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

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