#45B7DC#45B7DC

#45B7DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.114 H 223.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B7DC
RGB	rgb(69, 183, 220)
HSL	hsl(195, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(195, 69%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 16.8%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.68, -20.39, -27.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.68, 34.58, 233.88°)
OKLab	oklab(73.03% -0.0827 -0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(73.03% 0.114 223.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.3007, 40.2959, 73.7718)
Luminance	0.4030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B7DC #DC6A45

analogous

#45DCB6 #45B7DC #456CDC

triadic

#45B7DC #DC45B7 #B7DC45

tetradic

#45B7DC #B645DC #DC6A45 #6CDC45

square

#45B7DC #B645DC #DC6A45 #6CDC45

split-complementary

#45B7DC #DC456C #DCB645

monochromatic

#1A708C #249AC0 #45B7DC #79CBE6 #ACDFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#45B7DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#45B7DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B7DC

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B7DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B7DC	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B3DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA4DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b7dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 183, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.114 223.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acce7',
    500: '#45b7dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b7dc;
$custom-light: #8acce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b7dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.702,
    "s": 68.326,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73027,
    "c": 0.11374,
    "h": 223.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B7DC

secondary

#DDAFA0

accent

#673DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F9FC

border

#CBD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B7DC

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

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