#45B5CE#45B5CE

#45B5CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.106 H 215.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B5CE
RGB	rgb(69, 181, 206)
HSL	hsl(191, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(191, 67%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 12.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.58, -23.71, -21.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.58, 32.31, 222.78°)
OKLab	oklab(71.98% -0.0861 -0.0611)
OKLCH	oklch(71.98% 0.106 215.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.1141, 38.7659, 64.2760)
Luminance	0.3877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B5CE #CE5E45

analogous

#45CEA3 #45B5CE #4571CE

triadic

#45B5CE #CE45B5 #B5CE45

tetradic

#45B5CE #A345CE #CE5E45 #71CE45

square

#45B5CE #A345CE #CE5E45 #71CE45

split-complementary

#45B5CE #CE4571 #CEA345

monochromatic

#206979 #2D92A9 #45B5CE #75C8DB #A6DCE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#45B5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#45B5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B5CE

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B5CE	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4AFCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A1CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 181, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.106 215.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cbdd',
    500: '#45b5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b5ce;
$custom-light: #89cbdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.949,
    "s": 58.298,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71977,
    "c": 0.10553,
    "h": 215.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B5CE

secondary

#D5A59A

accent

#6346E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B5CE

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

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