#45B3D6#45B3D6

#45B3D6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.110 H 222.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B3D6
RGB	rgb(69, 179, 214)
HSL	hsl(194, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(194, 68%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 16.4%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.28, -20.20, -26.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.28, 33.56, 232.99°)
OKLab	oklab(71.83% -0.081 -0.0748)
OKLCH	oklch(71.83% 0.11 222.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.7070, 38.3570, 69.3906)
Luminance	0.3836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B3D6 #D66845

analogous

#45D6B1 #45B3D6 #456AD6

triadic

#45B3D6 #D645B3 #B3D645

tetradic

#45B3D6 #B145D6 #D66845 #6AD645

square

#45B3D6 #B145D6 #D66845 #6AD645

split-complementary

#45B3D6 #D6456A #D6B145

monochromatic

#1D6B84 #2894B6 #45B3D6 #77C7E1 #A9DCEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#45B3D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#45B3D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B3D6

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B3D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B3D6	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)

#9FAFD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA0D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b3d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 179, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.110 222.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cae2',
    500: '#45b3d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b3d6;
$custom-light: #89cae2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b3d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.483,
    "s": 63.877,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71834,
    "c": 0.11025,
    "h": 222.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B3D6

secondary

#DAAC9D

accent

#6941E7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B3D6

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

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