#45B6DC#45B6DC

#45B6DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.114 H 224.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B6DC
RGB	rgb(69, 182, 220)
HSL	hsl(195, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(195, 69%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 17.3%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.39, -19.87, -28.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.39, 34.65, 235.01°)
OKLab	oklab(72.79% -0.0817 -0.0794)
OKLCH	oklch(72.79% 0.114 224.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.0952, 39.8848, 73.7033)
Luminance	0.3989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B6DC #DC6B45

analogous

#45DCB6 #45B6DC #456BDC

triadic

#45B6DC #DC45B6 #B6DC45

tetradic

#45B6DC #B645DC #DC6B45 #6BDC45

square

#45B6DC #B645DC #DC6B45 #6BDC45

split-complementary

#45B6DC #DC456B #DCB645

monochromatic

#1A708C #2499C0 #45B6DC #79CAE6 #ACDEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#45B6DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#45B6DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B6DC

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B6DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B6DC	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B2DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA3DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b6dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 182, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.114 224.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acce7',
    500: '#45b6dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b6dc;
$custom-light: #8acce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b6dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.099,
    "s": 68.326,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72793,
    "c": 0.11391,
    "h": 224.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B6DC

secondary

#DDAFA0

accent

#693DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B6DC

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

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