#45B4D9#45B4D9

#45B4D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.112 H 223.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B4D9
RGB	rgb(69, 180, 217)
HSL	hsl(195, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(195, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 17.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.69, -19.78, -27.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.69, 34.13, 234.59°)
OKLab	oklab(72.2% -0.0808 -0.0777)
OKLCH	oklch(72.2% 0.112 223.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.2948, 38.9140, 71.4940)
Luminance	0.3892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B4D9 #D96A45

analogous

#45D9B4 #45B4D9 #456AD9

triadic

#45B4D9 #D945B4 #B4D945

tetradic

#45B4D9 #B445D9 #D96A45 #6AD945

square

#45B4D9 #B445D9 #D96A45 #6AD945

split-complementary

#45B4D9 #D9456A #D9B445

monochromatic

#1C6D88 #2696BB #45B4D9 #78C8E3 #ABDDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#45B4D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#45B4D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B4D9

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B4D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B4D9	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB0DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA1D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b4d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 180, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.112 223.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acae4',
    500: '#45b4d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b4d9;
$custom-light: #8acae4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b4d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 66.071,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72196,
    "c": 0.11215,
    "h": 223.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B4D9

secondary

#DBAE9E

accent

#693FE9

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B4D9

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

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