#45B7DB#45B7DB

#45B7DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.113 H 222.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B7DB
RGB	rgb(69, 183, 219)
HSL	hsl(194, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(194, 68%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 16.4%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.64, -20.70, -27.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.64, 34.38, 232.97°)
OKLab	oklab(72.99% -0.0831 -0.0767)
OKLCH	oklch(72.99% 0.113 222.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.1687, 40.2431, 73.0764)
Luminance	0.4025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B7DB #DB6945

analogous

#45DBB4 #45B7DB #456CDB

triadic

#45B7DB #DB45B7 #B7DB45

tetradic

#45B7DB #B445DB #DB6945 #6CDB45

square

#45B7DB #B445DB #DB6945 #6CDB45

split-complementary

#45B7DB #DB456C #DBB445

monochromatic

#1B708B #2599BE #45B7DB #78CBE5 #ACDFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#45B7DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#45B7DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B7DB

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B7DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B7DB	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B3DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA3DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b7db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 183, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.113 222.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acce6',
    500: '#45b7db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b7db;
$custom-light: #8acce6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b7db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.4,
    "s": 67.568,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72985,
    "c": 0.11306,
    "h": 222.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B7DB

secondary

#DDAE9F

accent

#673DEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F9FC

border

#CBD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B7DB

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

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