#45B7DD#45B7DD

#45B7DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.114 H 224.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B7DD
RGB	rgb(69, 183, 221)
HSL	hsl(195, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(195, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 17.2%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.72, -20.07, -28.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.72, 34.80, 234.77°)
OKLab	oklab(73.07% -0.0823 -0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(73.07% 0.114 224)
XYZ	xyz(32.4336, 40.3490, 74.4714)
Luminance	0.4035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B7DD #DD6B45

analogous

#45DDB7 #45B7DD #456BDD

triadic

#45B7DD #DD45B7 #B7DD45

tetradic

#45B7DD #B745DD #DD6B45 #6BDD45

square

#45B7DD #B745DD #DD6B45 #6BDD45

split-complementary

#45B7DD #DD456B #DDB745

monochromatic

#1A718E #239AC1 #45B7DD #79CBE6 #ACDFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#45B7DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#45B7DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B7DD

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B7DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B7DD	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B3DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA4DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b7dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 183, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.114 224.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcce7',
    500: '#45b7dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b7dd;
$custom-light: #8bcce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b7dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 69.091,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7307,
    "c": 0.11443,
    "h": 224
  },
  "luminance": 0.40353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B7DD

secondary

#DEAFA0

accent

#683CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B7DD

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

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