#45B2DF#45B2DF

#45B2DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.117 H 229.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B2DF
RGB	rgb(69, 178, 223)
HSL	hsl(198, 71%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(198, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 20.2%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.34, -16.82, -31.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.34, 35.84, 242.02°)
OKLab	oklab(71.99% -0.0767 -0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(71.99% 0.117 229.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.6886, 38.4302, 75.5454)
Luminance	0.3843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B2DF #DF7245

analogous

#45DFBF #45B2DF #4565DF

triadic

#45B2DF #DF45B2 #B2DF45

tetradic

#45B2DF #BF45DF #DF7245 #65DF45

square

#45B2DF #BF45DF #DF7245 #65DF45

split-complementary

#45B2DF #DF4565 #DFBF45

monochromatic

#196E91 #2295C5 #45B2DF #79C8E8 #ADDDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#45B2DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#45B2DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B2DF

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B2DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B2DF	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BAFE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A0DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b2df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 178, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.117 229.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac9e9',
    500: '#45b2df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b2df;
$custom-light: #8ac9e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b2df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.532,
    "s": 70.642,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71991,
    "c": 0.11725,
    "h": 229.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B2DF

secondary

#DFB3A1

accent

#6F3AED

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B2DF

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

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