#45B6DE#45B6DE

#45B6DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.115 H 225.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B6DE
RGB	rgb(69, 182, 222)
HSL	hsl(196, 70%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(196, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 18%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.46, -19.24, -29.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.46, 35.10, 236.77°)
OKLab	oklab(72.88% -0.081 -0.0821)
OKLCH	oklch(72.88% 0.115 225.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.3617, 39.9914, 75.1067)
Luminance	0.4000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B6DE #DE6D45

analogous

#45DEB9 #45B6DE #456ADE

triadic

#45B6DE #DE45B6 #B6DE45

tetradic

#45B6DE #B945DE #DE6D45 #6ADE45

square

#45B6DE #B945DE #DE6D45 #6ADE45

split-complementary

#45B6DE #DE456A #DEB945

monochromatic

#19708F #2399C3 #45B6DE #79CAE7 #ADDFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#45B6DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#45B6DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B6DE

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B6DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B6DE	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B2E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA3DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b6de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 182, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.115 225.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcce8',
    500: '#45b6de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b6de;
$custom-light: #8bcce8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b6de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.686,
    "s": 69.863,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72879,
    "c": 0.11535,
    "h": 225.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B6DE

secondary

#DFB1A0

accent

#6A3BED

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B6DE

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

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