#45B4CD#45B4CD

#45B4CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.105 H 215.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B4CD
RGB	rgb(69, 180, 205)
HSL	hsl(191, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(191, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 12.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.25, -23.51, -21.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.25, 32.13, 222.97°)
OKLab	oklab(71.7% -0.0854 -0.0609)
OKLCH	oklch(71.7% 0.105 215.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.7904, 38.3122, 63.5708)
Luminance	0.3832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B4CD #CD5E45

analogous

#45CDA2 #45B4CD #4570CD

triadic

#45B4CD #CD45B4 #B4CD45

tetradic

#45B4CD #A245CD #CD5E45 #70CD45

square

#45B4CD #A245CD #CD5E45 #70CD45

split-complementary

#45B4CD #CD4570 #CDA245

monochromatic

#206777 #2D91A8 #45B4CD #75C7DA #A5DBE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#45B4CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#45B4CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B4CD

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B4CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B4CD	1.00	2.42	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AFCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA0CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b4cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 180, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.105 215.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cadc',
    500: '#45b4cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b4cd;
$custom-light: #88cadc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b4cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.029,
    "s": 57.627,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71699,
    "c": 0.10495,
    "h": 215.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B4CD

secondary

#D4A59A

accent

#6347E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B4CD

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

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