#45B6CD#45B6CD

#45B6CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.105 H 213.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B6CD
RGB	rgb(69, 182, 205)
HSL	hsl(190, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(190, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 11.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.84, -24.52, -21.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.84, 32.28, 220.57°)
OKLab	oklab(72.18% -0.0875 -0.0584)
OKLCH	oklch(72.18% 0.105 213.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.1970, 39.1256, 63.7063)
Luminance	0.3913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B6CD #CD5C45

analogous

#45CDA0 #45B6CD #4572CD

triadic

#45B6CD #CD45B6 #B6CD45

tetradic

#45B6CD #A045CD #CD5C45 #72CD45

square

#45B6CD #A045CD #CD5C45 #72CD45

split-complementary

#45B6CD #CD4572 #CDA045

monochromatic

#206977 #2D93A8 #45B6CD #75C9DA #A5DCE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#45B6CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#45B6CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B6CD

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B6CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B6CD	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B0CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A2CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b6cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 182, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.105 213.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ccdc',
    500: '#45b6cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b6cd;
$custom-light: #89ccdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b6cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.147,
    "s": 57.627,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72175,
    "c": 0.10518,
    "h": 213.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B6CD

secondary

#D4A49A

accent

#6147E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B6CD

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

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