#45B7D9#45B7D9

#45B7D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.112 H 221.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B7D9
RGB	rgb(69, 183, 217)
HSL	hsl(194, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(194, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 15.7%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.57, -21.33, -26.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.57, 33.99, 231.14°)
OKLab	oklab(72.9% -0.0838 -0.0739)
OKLCH	oklch(72.9% 0.112 221.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.9070, 40.1384, 71.6981)
Luminance	0.4014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B7D9 #D96745

analogous

#45D9B1 #45B7D9 #456DD9

triadic

#45B7D9 #D945B7 #B7D945

tetradic

#45B7D9 #B145D9 #D96745 #6DD945

square

#45B7D9 #B145D9 #D96745 #6DD945

split-complementary

#45B7D9 #D9456D #D9B145

monochromatic

#1C6F88 #2699BB #45B7D9 #78CBE3 #ABDEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#45B7D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#45B7D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B7D9

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B7D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B7D9	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B2DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA3D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b7d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 183, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.112 221.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acce4',
    500: '#45b7d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b7d9;
$custom-light: #8acce4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b7d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.784,
    "s": 66.071,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.729,
    "c": 0.11175,
    "h": 221.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B7D9

secondary

#DBAC9E

accent

#663FE9

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B7D9

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

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