#45B5D6#45B5D6

#45B5D6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.110 H 221.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B5D6
RGB	rgb(69, 181, 214)
HSL	hsl(194, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(194, 68%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 15.4%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.87, -21.24, -25.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.87, 33.49, 230.64°)
OKLab	oklab(72.3% -0.083 -0.0723)
OKLCH	oklch(72.3% 0.11 221.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.1107, 39.1645, 69.5252)
Luminance	0.3917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B5D6 #D66645

analogous

#45D6AE #45B5D6 #456CD6

triadic

#45B5D6 #D645B5 #B5D645

tetradic

#45B5D6 #AE45D6 #D66645 #6CD645

square

#45B5D6 #AE45D6 #D66645 #6CD645

split-complementary

#45B5D6 #D6456C #D6AE45

monochromatic

#1D6C84 #2895B6 #45B5D6 #77C9E1 #A9DDEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#45B5D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#45B5D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B5D6

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B5D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B5D6	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B0D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA2D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b5d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 181, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.110 221.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acbe2',
    500: '#45b5d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b5d6;
$custom-light: #8acbe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b5d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.655,
    "s": 63.877,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72304,
    "c": 0.11003,
    "h": 221.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B5D6

secondary

#DAAB9D

accent

#6741E7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B5D6

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

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