#45B4D8#45B4D8

#45B4D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.111 H 223.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B4D8
RGB	rgb(69, 180, 216)
HSL	hsl(195, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(195, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 16.7%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.65, -20.09, -27.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.65, 33.92, 233.68°)
OKLab	oklab(72.15% -0.0812 -0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(72.15% 0.111 223.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.1651, 38.8621, 70.8111)
Luminance	0.3887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B4D8 #D86945

analogous

#45D8B2 #45B4D8 #456AD8

triadic

#45B4D8 #D845B4 #B4D845

tetradic

#45B4D8 #B245D8 #D86945 #6AD845

square

#45B4D8 #B245D8 #D86945 #6AD845

split-complementary

#45B4D8 #D8456A #D8B245

monochromatic

#1C6C86 #2795B9 #45B4D8 #78C8E3 #AADDED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#45B4D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#45B4D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B4D8

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B4D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B4D8	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB0DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA1D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b4d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 180, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.111 223.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acae4',
    500: '#45b4d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b4d8;
$custom-light: #8acae4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b4d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.694,
    "s": 65.333,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72153,
    "c": 0.11146,
    "h": 223.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B4D8

secondary

#DBAD9E

accent

#6940E8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B4D8

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

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