#45B6DA#45B6DA

#45B6DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.113 H 222.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B6DA
RGB	rgb(69, 182, 218)
HSL	hsl(194, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(194, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 16.5%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.31, -20.50, -27.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.31, 34.23, 233.21°)
OKLab	oklab(72.71% -0.0825 -0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(72.71% 0.113 222.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.8319, 39.7795, 72.3167)
Luminance	0.3978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B6DA #DA6945

analogous

#45DAB4 #45B6DA #456CDA

triadic

#45B6DA #DA45B6 #B6DA45

tetradic

#45B6DA #B445DA #DA6945 #6CDA45

square

#45B6DA #B445DA #DA6945 #6CDA45

split-complementary

#45B6DA #DA456C #DAB445

monochromatic

#1B6F89 #2598BC #45B6DA #78CAE4 #ABDEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#45B6DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#45B6DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B6DA

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B6DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B6DA	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B2DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA3DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b6da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 182, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.113 222.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acce5',
    500: '#45b6da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b6da;
$custom-light: #8acce5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b6da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.497,
    "s": 66.816,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72708,
    "c": 0.11253,
    "h": 222.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B6DA

secondary

#DCAE9F

accent

#683EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B6DA

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

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