#45B5DE#45B5DE

#45B5DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.116 H 226.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B5DE
RGB	rgb(69, 181, 222)
HSL	hsl(196, 70%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(196, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 18.5%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.17, -18.71, -29.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.17, 35.20, 237.88°)
OKLab	oklab(72.65% -0.08 -0.0834)
OKLCH	oklch(72.65% 0.116 226.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.1576, 39.5833, 75.0386)
Luminance	0.3959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B5DE #DE6E45

analogous

#45DEBA #45B5DE #4569DE

triadic

#45B5DE #DE45B5 #B5DE45

tetradic

#45B5DE #BA45DE #DE6E45 #69DE45

square

#45B5DE #BA45DE #DE6E45 #69DE45

split-complementary

#45B5DE #DE4569 #DEBA45

monochromatic

#19708F #2398C3 #45B5DE #79CAE7 #ADDEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#45B5DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#45B5DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B5DE

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B5DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B5DE	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB2E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA2DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b5de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 181, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.116 226.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcbe8',
    500: '#45b5de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b5de;
$custom-light: #8bcbe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b5de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.078,
    "s": 69.863,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72645,
    "c": 0.11559,
    "h": 226.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B5DE

secondary

#DFB1A0

accent

#6B3BED

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B5DE

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

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