#45B3CD#45B3CD

#45B3CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.105 H 216.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B3CD
RGB	rgb(69, 179, 205)
HSL	hsl(191, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(191, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 12.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.95, -23.00, -22.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.95, 32.07, 224.18°)
OKLab	oklab(71.46% -0.0844 -0.0622)
OKLCH	oklch(71.46% 0.105 216.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.5892, 37.9099, 63.5037)
Luminance	0.3791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B3CD #CD5F45

analogous

#45CDA3 #45B3CD #456FCD

triadic

#45B3CD #CD45B3 #B3CD45

tetradic

#45B3CD #A345CD #CD5F45 #6FCD45

square

#45B3CD #A345CD #CD5F45 #6FCD45

split-complementary

#45B3CD #CD456F #CDA345

monochromatic

#206777 #2D90A8 #45B3CD #75C7DA #A5DAE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#45B3CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#45B3CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B3CD

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B3CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B3CD	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1AECE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9FCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b3cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 179, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.105 216.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cadc',
    500: '#45b3cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b3cd;
$custom-light: #88cadc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b3cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.471,
    "s": 57.627,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71461,
    "c": 0.10487,
    "h": 216.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B3CD

secondary

#D4A59A

accent

#6447E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B3CD

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

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