#45B4DC#45B4DC

#45B4DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.114 H 225.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B4DC
RGB	rgb(69, 180, 220)
HSL	hsl(196, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(196, 69%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 18.2%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.80, -18.83, -29.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.80, 34.82, 237.26°)
OKLab	oklab(72.32% -0.0797 -0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(72.32% 0.114 225.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.6885, 39.0715, 73.5678)
Luminance	0.3907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B4DC #DC6D45

analogous

#45DCB9 #45B4DC #4569DC

triadic

#45B4DC #DC45B4 #B4DC45

tetradic

#45B4DC #B945DC #DC6D45 #69DC45

square

#45B4DC #B945DC #DC6D45 #69DC45

split-complementary

#45B4DC #DC4569 #DCB945

monochromatic

#1A6E8C #2496C0 #45B4DC #79C9E6 #ACDEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#45B4DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#45B4DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B4DC

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B4DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B4DC	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB0DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A1DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b4dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 180, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.114 225.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acae7',
    500: '#45b4dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b4dc;
$custom-light: #8acae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b4dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.894,
    "s": 68.326,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72325,
    "c": 0.11433,
    "h": 225.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B4DC

secondary

#DDB0A0

accent

#6B3DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B4DC

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

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