#45B6DF#45B6DF

#45B6DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.116 H 226.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B6DF
RGB	rgb(69, 182, 223)
HSL	hsl(196, 71%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(196, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 18.4%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.50, -18.92, -29.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.50, 35.34, 237.63°)
OKLab	oklab(72.92% -0.0806 -0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(72.92% 0.116 226)
XYZ	xyz(32.4961, 40.0452, 75.8146)
Luminance	0.4005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B6DF #DF6E45

analogous

#45DFBB #45B6DF #4569DF

triadic

#45B6DF #DF45B6 #B6DF45

tetradic

#45B6DF #BB45DF #DF6E45 #69DF45

square

#45B6DF #BB45DF #DF6E45 #69DF45

split-complementary

#45B6DF #DF4569 #DFBB45

monochromatic

#197191 #229AC5 #45B6DF #79CAE8 #ADDFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#45B6DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#45B6DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B6DF

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B6DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B6DF	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B2E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA3DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b6df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 182, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.116 226.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcce9',
    500: '#45b6df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b6df;
$custom-light: #8bcce9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b6df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.974,
    "s": 70.642,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72922,
    "c": 0.11609,
    "h": 226
  },
  "luminance": 0.40049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B6DF

secondary

#DFB1A1

accent

#6A3AED

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B6DF

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

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