#45B7D8#45B7D8

#45B7D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.111 H 220.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B7D8
RGB	rgb(69, 183, 216)
HSL	hsl(193, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(193, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 15.3%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.53, -21.64, -25.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.53, 33.81, 230.20°)
OKLab	oklab(72.86% -0.0842 -0.0725)
OKLCH	oklch(72.86% 0.111 220.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.7773, 40.0865, 71.0152)
Luminance	0.4009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B7D8 #D86645

analogous

#45D8AF #45B7D8 #456DD8

triadic

#45B7D8 #D845B7 #B7D845

tetradic

#45B7D8 #AF45D8 #D86645 #6DD845

square

#45B7D8 #AF45D8 #D86645 #6DD845

split-complementary

#45B7D8 #D8456D #D8AF45

monochromatic

#1C6F86 #2798B9 #45B7D8 #78CBE3 #AADEED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#45B7D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#45B7D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B7D8

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B7D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B7D8	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B2DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA3D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b7d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 183, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.111 220.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acce4',
    500: '#45b7d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b7d8;
$custom-light: #8acce4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b7d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.469,
    "s": 65.333,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72859,
    "c": 0.11111,
    "h": 220.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B7D8

secondary

#DBAC9E

accent

#6540E8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B7D8

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

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