#45B5D2#45B5D2

#45B5D2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.108 H 218.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B5D2
RGB	rgb(69, 181, 210)
HSL	hsl(192, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(192, 67%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 13.8%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.72, -22.48, -23.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.72, 32.83, 226.78°)
OKLab	oklab(72.14% -0.0845 -0.0667)
OKLCH	oklch(72.14% 0.108 218.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.6062, 38.9627, 66.8678)
Luminance	0.3897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B5D2 #D26245

analogous

#45D2A8 #45B5D2 #456FD2

triadic

#45B5D2 #D245B5 #B5D245

tetradic

#45B5D2 #A845D2 #D26245 #6FD245

square

#45B5D2 #A845D2 #D26245 #6FD245

split-complementary

#45B5D2 #D2456F #D2A845

monochromatic

#1F6A7E #2A94AF #45B5D2 #76C9DE #A8DCEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#45B5D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#45B5D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B5D2

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B5D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B5D2	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B0D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA1D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b5d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 181, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.108 218.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cbdf',
    500: '#45b5d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b5d2;
$custom-light: #89cbdf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b5d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.34,
    "s": 61.039,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72139,
    "c": 0.10763,
    "h": 218.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B5D2

secondary

#D7A89C

accent

#6544E4

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B5D2

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

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