#45B5D8#45B5D8

#45B5D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.111 H 222.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B5D8
RGB	rgb(69, 181, 216)
HSL	hsl(194, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(194, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 16.2%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.94, -20.61, -26.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.94, 33.87, 232.52°)
OKLab	oklab(72.39% -0.0822 -0.0751)
OKLCH	oklch(72.39% 0.111 222.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.3677, 39.2673, 70.8786)
Luminance	0.3927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B5D8 #D86845

analogous

#45D8B1 #45B5D8 #456BD8

triadic

#45B5D8 #D845B5 #B5D845

tetradic

#45B5D8 #B145D8 #D86845 #6BD845

square

#45B5D8 #B145D8 #D86845 #6BD845

split-complementary

#45B5D8 #D8456B #D8B145

monochromatic

#1C6D86 #2796B9 #45B5D8 #78C9E3 #AADDED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#45B5D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#45B5D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B5D8

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B5D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B5D8	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B1DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA2D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b5d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 181, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.111 222.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acbe4',
    500: '#45b5d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b5d8;
$custom-light: #8acbe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b5d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.286,
    "s": 65.333,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72388,
    "c": 0.11132,
    "h": 222.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B5D8

secondary

#DBAC9E

accent

#6840E8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B5D8

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

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