#45B3D8#45B3D8

#45B3D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.112 H 224.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B3D8
RGB	rgb(69, 179, 216)
HSL	hsl(195, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(195, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 17.1%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.36, -19.57, -27.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.36, 33.98, 234.83°)
OKLab	oklab(71.92% -0.0802 -0.0776)
OKLCH	oklch(71.92% 0.112 224.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.9640, 38.4598, 70.7441)
Luminance	0.3846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B3D8 #D86A45

analogous

#45D8B3 #45B3D8 #4569D8

triadic

#45B3D8 #D845B3 #B3D845

tetradic

#45B3D8 #B345D8 #D86A45 #69D845

square

#45B3D8 #B345D8 #D86A45 #69D845

split-complementary

#45B3D8 #D84569 #D8B345

monochromatic

#1C6C86 #2794B9 #45B3D8 #78C8E3 #AADCED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#45B3D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#45B3D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B3D8

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B3D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B3D8	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)

#9EAFDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA0D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b3d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 179, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.112 224.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac9e4',
    500: '#45b3d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b3d8;
$custom-light: #8ac9e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b3d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.102,
    "s": 65.333,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71919,
    "c": 0.11162,
    "h": 224.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B3D8

secondary

#DBAD9E

accent

#6A40E8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B3D8

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

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