#45B6DB#45B6DB

#45B6DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.113 H 223.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B6DB
RGB	rgb(69, 182, 219)
HSL	hsl(195, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(195, 68%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 16.9%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.35, -20.18, -27.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.35, 34.43, 234.11°)
OKLab	oklab(72.75% -0.0821 -0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(72.75% 0.113 223.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.9632, 39.8320, 73.0079)
Luminance	0.3984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B6DB #DB6A45

analogous

#45DBB5 #45B6DB #456BDB

triadic

#45B6DB #DB45B6 #B6DB45

tetradic

#45B6DB #B545DB #DB6A45 #6BDB45

square

#45B6DB #B545DB #DB6A45 #6BDB45

split-complementary

#45B6DB #DB456B #DBB545

monochromatic

#1B6F8B #2598BE #45B6DB #78CAE5 #ACDEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#45B6DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#45B6DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B6DB

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B6DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B6DB	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B2DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA3DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b6db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 182, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.113 223.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acce6',
    500: '#45b6db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b6db;
$custom-light: #8acce6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b6db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.8,
    "s": 67.568,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7275,
    "c": 0.11321,
    "h": 223.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B6DB

secondary

#DDAE9F

accent

#683DEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B6DB

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

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