#45B6D6#45B6D6

#45B6D6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.110 H 220.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B6D6
RGB	rgb(69, 182, 214)
HSL	hsl(193, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(193, 68%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 15%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.16, -21.75, -25.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.16, 33.47, 229.47°)
OKLab	oklab(72.54% -0.084 -0.071)
OKLCH	oklch(72.54% 0.11 220.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.3148, 39.5727, 69.5932)
Luminance	0.3958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B6D6 #D66545

analogous

#45D6AD #45B6D6 #456ED6

triadic

#45B6D6 #D645B6 #B6D645

tetradic

#45B6D6 #AD45D6 #D66545 #6ED645

square

#45B6D6 #AD45D6 #D66545 #6ED645

split-complementary

#45B6D6 #D6456E #D6AD45

monochromatic

#1D6D84 #2896B6 #45B6D6 #77CAE1 #A9DDEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#45B6D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#45B6D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B6D6

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B6D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B6D6	1.00	2.36	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.36	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)

#A2B1D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA2D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b6d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 182, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.110 220.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acce2',
    500: '#45b6d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b6d6;
$custom-light: #8acce2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b6d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.241,
    "s": 63.877,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7254,
    "c": 0.10995,
    "h": 220.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B6D6

secondary

#DAAB9D

accent

#6641E7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B6D6

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

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