#45B6CF#45B6CF

#45B6CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.106 H 215.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B6CF
RGB	rgb(69, 182, 207)
HSL	hsl(191, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(191, 67%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 12.1%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.91, -23.91, -21.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.91, 32.49, 222.60°)
OKLab	oklab(72.25% -0.0867 -0.0612)
OKLCH	oklch(72.25% 0.106 215.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.4400, 39.2227, 64.9859)
Luminance	0.3923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B6CF #CF5E45

analogous

#45CFA3 #45B6CF #4571CF

triadic

#45B6CF #CF45B6 #B6CF45

tetradic

#45B6CF #A345CF #CF5E45 #71CF45

square

#45B6CF #A345CF #CF5E45 #71CF45

split-complementary

#45B6CF #CF4571 #CFA345

monochromatic

#206A7A #2C94AB #45B6CF #76C9DC #A6DCE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#45B6CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#45B6CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B6CF

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B6CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B6CF	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B0D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A2CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b6cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 182, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.106 215.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ccdd',
    500: '#45b6cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b6cf;
$custom-light: #89ccdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b6cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.87,
    "s": 58.974,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72254,
    "c": 0.10611,
    "h": 215.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B6CF

secondary

#D5A59B

accent

#6246E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B6CF

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

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