#45B5CC#45B5CC

#45B5CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.105 H 213.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B5CC
RGB	rgb(69, 181, 204)
HSL	hsl(190, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(190, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 11.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.51, -24.32, -20.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.51, 32.10, 220.74°)
OKLab	oklab(71.9% -0.0869 -0.0583)
OKLCH	oklch(71.9% 0.105 213.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.8727, 38.6693, 63.0046)
Luminance	0.3867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B5CC #CC5C45

analogous

#45CC9F #45B5CC #4571CC

triadic

#45B5CC #CC45B5 #B5CC45

tetradic

#45B5CC #9F45CC #CC5C45 #71CC45

square

#45B5CC #9F45CC #CC5C45 #71CC45

split-complementary

#45B5CC #CC4571 #CC9F45

monochromatic

#206876 #2E92A6 #45B5CC #75C8D9 #A5DBE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#45B5CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#45B5CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B5CC

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B5CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B5CC	1.00	2.40	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4AFCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A1CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b5cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 181, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.105 213.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cbdb',
    500: '#45b5cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b5cc;
$custom-light: #88cbdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b5cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.222,
    "s": 56.962,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71897,
    "c": 0.10459,
    "h": 213.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B5CC

secondary

#D3A399

accent

#6248E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B5CC

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

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