#45B5DB#45B5DB

#45B5DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.113 H 224.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B5DB
RGB	rgb(69, 181, 219)
HSL	hsl(195, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(195, 68%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 17.4%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.06, -19.67, -28.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.06, 34.50, 235.25°)
OKLab	oklab(72.52% -0.0811 -0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(72.52% 0.113 224.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.7591, 39.4239, 72.9399)
Luminance	0.3943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B5DB #DB6B45

analogous

#45DBB6 #45B5DB #456ADB

triadic

#45B5DB #DB45B5 #B5DB45

tetradic

#45B5DB #B645DB #DB6B45 #6ADB45

square

#45B5DB #B645DB #DB6B45 #6ADB45

split-complementary

#45B5DB #DB456A #DBB645

monochromatic

#1B6E8B #2597BE #45B5DB #78C9E5 #ACDEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#45B5DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#45B5DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B5DB

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B5DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B5DB	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B1DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA2DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b5db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 181, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.113 224.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acbe6',
    500: '#45b5db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b5db;
$custom-light: #8acbe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b5db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.2,
    "s": 67.568,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72516,
    "c": 0.11338,
    "h": 224.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B5DB

secondary

#DDAF9F

accent

#693DEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B5DB

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

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