#45B4DB#45B4DB

#45B4DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.114 H 225.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B4DB
RGB	rgb(69, 180, 219)
HSL	hsl(196, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(196, 68%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 17.8%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.76, -19.14, -28.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.76, 34.58, 236.38°)
OKLab	oklab(72.28% -0.0801 -0.0805)
OKLCH	oklch(72.28% 0.114 225.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.5565, 39.0187, 72.8724)
Luminance	0.3902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B4DB #DB6C45

analogous

#45DBB7 #45B4DB #4569DB

triadic

#45B4DB #DB45B4 #B4DB45

tetradic

#45B4DB #B745DB #DB6C45 #69DB45

square

#45B4DB #B745DB #DB6C45 #69DB45

split-complementary

#45B4DB #DB4569 #DBB745

monochromatic

#1B6E8B #2596BE #45B4DB #78C9E5 #ACDDEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#45B4DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#45B4DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B4DB

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B4DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B4DB	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB0DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA1DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b4db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 180, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.114 225.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acae6',
    500: '#45b4db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b4db;
$custom-light: #8acae6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b4db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.6,
    "s": 67.568,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72282,
    "c": 0.11359,
    "h": 225.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B4DB

secondary

#DDAF9F

accent

#6A3DEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B4DB

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →