#45B6D8#45B6D8

#45B6D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.111 H 221.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B6D8
RGB	rgb(69, 182, 216)
HSL	hsl(194, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(194, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 15.7%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.24, -21.13, -26.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.24, 33.83, 231.36°)
OKLab	oklab(72.62% -0.0832 -0.0738)
OKLCH	oklch(72.62% 0.111 221.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.5718, 39.6755, 70.9467)
Luminance	0.3968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B6D8 #D86745

analogous

#45D8B1 #45B6D8 #456CD8

triadic

#45B6D8 #D845B6 #B6D845

tetradic

#45B6D8 #B145D8 #D86745 #6CD845

square

#45B6D8 #B145D8 #D86745 #6CD845

split-complementary

#45B6D8 #D8456C #D8B145

monochromatic

#1C6E86 #2797B9 #45B6D8 #78CAE3 #AADEED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#45B6D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#45B6D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B6D8

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B6D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B6D8	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B2DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA3D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b6d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 182, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.111 221.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acce4',
    500: '#45b6d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b6d8;
$custom-light: #8acce4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b6d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.878,
    "s": 65.333,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72623,
    "c": 0.1112,
    "h": 221.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B6D8

secondary

#DBAC9E

accent

#6740E8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B6D8

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

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