#45B4CB#45B4CB

#45B4CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.104 H 214.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B4CB
RGB	rgb(69, 180, 203)
HSL	hsl(190, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(190, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 11.3%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.18, -24.12, -20.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.18, 31.92, 220.92°)
OKLab	oklab(71.62% -0.0862 -0.0581)
OKLCH	oklch(71.62% 0.104 214)
XYZ	xyz(29.5505, 38.2163, 62.3074)
Luminance	0.3822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B4CB #CB5C45

analogous

#45CB9F #45B4CB #4571CB

triadic

#45B4CB #CB45B4 #B4CB45

tetradic

#45B4CB #9F45CB #CB5C45 #71CB45

square

#45B4CB #9F45CB #CB5C45 #71CB45

split-complementary

#45B4CB #CB4571 #CB9F45

monochromatic

#216675 #2E90A5 #45B4CB #75C7D8 #A5DBE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#45B4CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#45B4CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B4CB

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B4CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B4CB	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AECC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A0CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b4cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 180, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.104 214.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cada',
    500: '#45b4cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b4cb;
$custom-light: #88cada;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b4cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.299,
    "s": 56.303,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71619,
    "c": 0.104,
    "h": 214
  },
  "luminance": 0.3822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B4CB

secondary

#D3A399

accent

#6248E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B4CB

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

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