#45B4D4#45B4D4

#45B4D4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.109 H 220.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B4D4
RGB	rgb(69, 180, 212)
HSL	hsl(193, 62%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(193, 67%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 15.1%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.50, -21.35, -25.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.50, 33.15, 229.91°)
OKLab	oklab(71.99% -0.0827 -0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(71.99% 0.109 220.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.6543, 38.6578, 68.1207)
Luminance	0.3866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B4D4 #D46545

analogous

#45D4AD #45B4D4 #456CD4

triadic

#45B4D4 #D445B4 #B4D445

tetradic

#45B4D4 #AD45D4 #D46545 #6CD445

square

#45B4D4 #AD45D4 #D46545 #6CD445

split-complementary

#45B4D4 #D4456C #D4AD45

monochromatic

#1E6B81 #2994B3 #45B4D4 #77C8DF #A8DCEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#45B4D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#45B4D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B4D4

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B4D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B4D4	1.00	2.40	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1AFD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA1D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b4d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 180, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.109 220.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cae1',
    500: '#45b4d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b4d4;
$custom-light: #89cae1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b4d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.427,
    "s": 62.445,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71985,
    "c": 0.10885,
    "h": 220.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B4D4

secondary

#D8AA9C

accent

#6742E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B4D4

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

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