#45B4D6#45B4D6

#45B4D6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.110 H 221.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B4D6
RGB	rgb(69, 180, 214)
HSL	hsl(194, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(194, 68%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 15.9%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.58, -20.72, -26.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.58, 33.52, 231.81°)
OKLab	oklab(72.07% -0.082 -0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(72.07% 0.11 221.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.9081, 38.7593, 69.4577)
Luminance	0.3876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B4D6 #D66745

analogous

#45D6AF #45B4D6 #456BD6

triadic

#45B4D6 #D645B4 #B4D645

tetradic

#45B4D6 #AF45D6 #D66745 #6BD645

square

#45B4D6 #AF45D6 #D66745 #6BD645

split-complementary

#45B4D6 #D6456B #D6AF45

monochromatic

#1D6C84 #2895B6 #45B4D6 #77C8E1 #A9DCEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#45B4D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#45B4D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B4D6

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B4D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B4D6	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B0D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA1D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b4d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 180, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.110 221.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cae2',
    500: '#45b4d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b4d6;
$custom-light: #89cae2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b4d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.069,
    "s": 63.877,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72069,
    "c": 0.11012,
    "h": 221.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B4D6

secondary

#DAAB9D

accent

#6841E7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B4D6

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

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