#45B4D5#45B4D5

#45B4D5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.109 H 221.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B4D5
RGB	rgb(69, 180, 213)
HSL	hsl(194, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(194, 68%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 15.5%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.54, -21.03, -25.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.54, 33.33, 230.87°)
OKLab	oklab(72.03% -0.0823 -0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(72.03% 0.109 221.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.7808, 38.7084, 68.7871)
Luminance	0.3871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B4D5 #D56645

analogous

#45D5AE #45B4D5 #456CD5

triadic

#45B4D5 #D545B4 #B4D545

tetradic

#45B4D5 #AE45D5 #D56645 #6CD545

square

#45B4D5 #AE45D5 #D56645 #6CD545

split-complementary

#45B4D5 #D5456C #D5AE45

monochromatic

#1D6B82 #2994B4 #45B4D5 #77C8E0 #A9DCEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#45B4D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#45B4D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B4D5

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B4D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B4D5	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B0D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA1D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b4d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 180, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.109 221.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cae2',
    500: '#45b4d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b4d5;
$custom-light: #89cae2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b4d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.75,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72027,
    "c": 0.10948,
    "h": 221.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B4D5

secondary

#D9AB9D

accent

#6742E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B4D5

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

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