#45B6D5#45B6D5

#45B6D5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.109 H 219.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B6D5
RGB	rgb(69, 182, 213)
HSL	hsl(193, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(193, 68%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 14.6%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.13, -22.06, -24.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.13, 33.31, 228.52°)
OKLab	oklab(72.5% -0.0844 -0.0696)
OKLCH	oklch(72.5% 0.109 219.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.1875, 39.5217, 68.9227)
Luminance	0.3952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B6D5 #D56445

analogous

#45D5AC #45B6D5 #456ED5

triadic

#45B6D5 #D545B6 #B6D545

tetradic

#45B6D5 #AC45D5 #D56445 #6ED545

square

#45B6D5 #AC45D5 #D56445 #6ED545

split-complementary

#45B6D5 #D5456E #D5AC45

monochromatic

#1D6C82 #2996B4 #45B6D5 #77CAE0 #A9DDEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#45B6D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#45B6D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B6D5

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B6D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B6D5	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)

#A3B1D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA2D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b6d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 182, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.109 219.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acce2',
    500: '#45b6d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b6d5;
$custom-light: #8acce2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b6d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.917,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72499,
    "c": 0.10935,
    "h": 219.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B6D5

secondary

#D9AA9D

accent

#6542E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B6D5

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

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