#45B4DE#45B4DE

#45B4DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.116 H 227.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B4DE
RGB	rgb(69, 180, 222)
HSL	hsl(196, 70%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(196, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 18.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.88, -18.19, -30.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.88, 35.31, 238.99°)
OKLab	oklab(72.41% -0.079 -0.0847)
OKLCH	oklch(72.41% 0.116 227)
XYZ	xyz(31.9550, 39.1781, 74.9711)
Luminance	0.3918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B4DE #DE6F45

analogous

#45DEBC #45B4DE #4567DE

triadic

#45B4DE #DE45B4 #B4DE45

tetradic

#45B4DE #BC45DE #DE6F45 #67DE45

square

#45B4DE #BC45DE #DE6F45 #67DE45

split-complementary

#45B4DE #DE4567 #DEBC45

monochromatic

#196F8F #2397C3 #45B4DE #79C9E7 #ADDEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#45B4DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#45B4DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B4DE

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B4DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B4DE	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB1E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A1DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b4de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 180, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.116 227.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acae8',
    500: '#45b4de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b4de;
$custom-light: #8acae8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b4de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.471,
    "s": 69.863,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72412,
    "c": 0.11585,
    "h": 227
  },
  "luminance": 0.39182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B4DE

secondary

#DFB1A0

accent

#6C3BED

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B4DE

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

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