#45B5D5#45B5D5

#45B5D5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.109 H 220.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B5D5
RGB	rgb(69, 181, 213)
HSL	hsl(193, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(193, 68%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 15%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.83, -21.55, -25.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.83, 33.31, 229.69°)
OKLab	oklab(72.26% -0.0833 -0.0709)
OKLCH	oklch(72.26% 0.109 220.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.9834, 39.1136, 68.8547)
Luminance	0.3912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B5D5 #D56545

analogous

#45D5AD #45B5D5 #456DD5

triadic

#45B5D5 #D545B5 #B5D545

tetradic

#45B5D5 #AD45D5 #D56545 #6DD545

square

#45B5D5 #AD45D5 #D56545 #6DD545

split-complementary

#45B5D5 #D5456D #D5AD45

monochromatic

#1D6C82 #2995B4 #45B5D5 #77C9E0 #A9DDEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#45B5D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#45B5D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B5D5

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B5D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B5D5	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B0D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA2D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b5d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 181, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.109 220.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cbe2',
    500: '#45b5d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b5d5;
$custom-light: #89cbe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b5d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.333,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72263,
    "c": 0.1094,
    "h": 220.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B5D5

secondary

#D9AA9D

accent

#6642E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B5D5

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

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