#45B5DC#45B5DC

#45B5DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.114 H 225.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B5DC
RGB	rgb(69, 181, 220)
HSL	hsl(195, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(195, 69%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 17.7%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.10, -19.35, -28.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.10, 34.73, 236.14°)
OKLab	oklab(72.56% -0.0807 -0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(72.56% 0.114 225)
XYZ	xyz(31.8911, 39.4767, 73.6353)
Luminance	0.3948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B5DC #DC6C45

analogous

#45DCB8 #45B5DC #456ADC

triadic

#45B5DC #DC45B5 #B5DC45

tetradic

#45B5DC #B845DC #DC6C45 #6ADC45

square

#45B5DC #B845DC #DC6C45 #6ADC45

split-complementary

#45B5DC #DC456A #DCB845

monochromatic

#1A6F8C #2498C0 #45B5DC #79C9E6 #ACDEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#45B5DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#45B5DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B5DC

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B5DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B5DC	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB1DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA2DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b5dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 181, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.114 225.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acbe7',
    500: '#45b5dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b5dc;
$custom-light: #8acbe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b5dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.497,
    "s": 68.326,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72559,
    "c": 0.11411,
    "h": 225
  },
  "luminance": 0.3948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B5DC

secondary

#DDAFA0

accent

#6A3DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B5DC

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

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