#45B7DA#45B7DA

#45B7DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.112 H 222.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B7DA
RGB	rgb(69, 183, 218)
HSL	hsl(194, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(194, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 16.1%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.61, -21.02, -26.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.61, 34.18, 232.06°)
OKLab	oklab(72.94% -0.0835 -0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(72.94% 0.112 222.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.0374, 40.1906, 72.3852)
Luminance	0.4019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B7DA #DA6845

analogous

#45DAB3 #45B7DA #456DDA

triadic

#45B7DA #DA45B7 #B7DA45

tetradic

#45B7DA #B345DA #DA6845 #6DDA45

square

#45B7DA #B345DA #DA6845 #6DDA45

split-complementary

#45B7DA #DA456D #DAB345

monochromatic

#1B6F89 #2599BC #45B7DA #78CBE4 #ABDFEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#45B7DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#45B7DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B7DA

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B7DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B7DA	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B3DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA3DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b7da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 183, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.112 222.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acce5',
    500: '#45b7da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b7da;
$custom-light: #8acce5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b7da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.094,
    "s": 66.816,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72942,
    "c": 0.1124,
    "h": 222.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B7DA

secondary

#DCAD9F

accent

#663EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F9FC

border

#CBD2D5

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B7DA

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

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