#45B5DA#45B5DA

#45B5DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.113 H 223.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B5DA
RGB	rgb(69, 181, 218)
HSL	hsl(195, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(195, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 17%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.02, -19.98, -27.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.02, 34.28, 234.35°)
OKLab	oklab(72.47% -0.0815 -0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(72.47% 0.113 223.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.6279, 39.3714, 72.2486)
Luminance	0.3937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B5DA #DA6A45

analogous

#45DAB4 #45B5DA #456BDA

triadic

#45B5DA #DA45B5 #B5DA45

tetradic

#45B5DA #B445DA #DA6A45 #6BDA45

square

#45B5DA #B445DA #DA6A45 #6BDA45

split-complementary

#45B5DA #DA456B #DAB445

monochromatic

#1B6E89 #2597BC #45B5DA #78C9E4 #ABDEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#45B5DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#45B5DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B5DA

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B5DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B5DA	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B1DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA2DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b5da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 181, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.113 223.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acbe5',
    500: '#45b5da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b5da;
$custom-light: #8acbe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b5da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.899,
    "s": 66.816,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72473,
    "c": 0.11268,
    "h": 223.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B5DA

secondary

#DCAE9F

accent

#693EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B5DA

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

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