#45B4DA#45B4DA

#45B4DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.113 H 224.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B4DA
RGB	rgb(69, 180, 218)
HSL	hsl(195, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(195, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 17.4%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.73, -19.46, -28.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.73, 34.35, 235.49°)
OKLab	oklab(72.24% -0.0805 -0.0791)
OKLCH	oklch(72.24% 0.113 224.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.4253, 38.9662, 72.1811)
Luminance	0.3897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#45B4DA #DA6B45

analogous

#45DAB6 #45B4DA #456ADA

triadic

#45B4DA #DA45B4 #B4DA45

tetradic

#45B4DA #B645DA #DA6B45 #6ADA45

square

#45B4DA #B645DA #DA6B45 #6ADA45

split-complementary

#45B4DA #DA456A #DAB645

monochromatic

#1B6D89 #2596BC #45B4DA #78C9E4 #ABDDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#45B4DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#45B4DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B4DA

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B4DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B4DA	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB0DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA1DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b4da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 180, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.113 224.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acae5',
    500: '#45b4da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b4da;
$custom-light: #8acae5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b4da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.302,
    "s": 66.816,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72239,
    "c": 0.11287,
    "h": 224.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B4DA

secondary

#DCAE9F

accent

#6A3EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B4DA

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

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