#45B5D0#45B5D0

#45B5D0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.107 H 216.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B5D0
RGB	rgb(69, 181, 208)
HSL	hsl(192, 60%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(192, 67%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 13%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.65, -23.10, -22.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.65, 32.55, 224.80°)
OKLab	oklab(72.06% -0.0853 -0.0639)
OKLCH	oklch(72.06% 0.107 216.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.3586, 38.8637, 65.5638)
Luminance	0.3887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B5D0 #D06045

analogous

#45D0A6 #45B5D0 #456FD0

triadic

#45B5D0 #D045B5 #B5D045

tetradic

#45B5D0 #A645D0 #D06045 #6FD045

square

#45B5D0 #A645D0 #D06045 #6FD045

split-complementary

#45B5D0 #D0456F #D0A645

monochromatic

#1F6A7B #2C93AC #45B5D0 #76C8DC #A7DCE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#45B5D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#45B5D0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B5D0

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B5D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B5D0	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B0D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA1D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b5d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 181, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.107 216.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cbde',
    500: '#45b5d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b5d0;
$custom-light: #89cbde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b5d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.655,
    "s": 59.657,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72057,
    "c": 0.10655,
    "h": 216.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B5D0

secondary

#D6A69B

accent

#6445E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B5D0

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

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