#45B7DE#45B7DE

#45B7DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.115 H 224.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B7DE
RGB	rgb(69, 183, 222)
HSL	hsl(195, 70%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(195, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 17.6%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.76, -19.76, -28.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.76, 35.02, 235.66°)
OKLab	oklab(73.11% -0.082 -0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(73.11% 0.115 224.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.5672, 40.4025, 75.1752)
Luminance	0.4041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B7DE #DE6C45

analogous

#45DEB8 #45B7DE #456BDE

triadic

#45B7DE #DE45B7 #B7DE45

tetradic

#45B7DE #B845DE #DE6C45 #6BDE45

square

#45B7DE #B845DE #DE6C45 #6BDE45

split-complementary

#45B7DE #DE456B #DEB845

monochromatic

#19718F #239AC3 #45B7DE #79CBE7 #ADDFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#45B7DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#45B7DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B7DE

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B7DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B7DE	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B3E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA4DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b7de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 183, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.115 224.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcce8',
    500: '#45b7de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b7de;
$custom-light: #8bcce8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b7de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.294,
    "s": 69.863,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73112,
    "c": 0.11514,
    "h": 224.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B7DE

secondary

#DFB0A0

accent

#683BED

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B7DE

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

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