#45B8CF#45B8CF

#45B8CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.106 H 213.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B8CF
RGB	rgb(69, 184, 207)
HSL	hsl(190, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(190, 67%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 11.1%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.50, -24.92, -21.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.50, 32.65, 220.24°)
OKLab	oklab(72.73% -0.0887 -0.0586)
OKLCH	oklch(72.73% 0.106 213.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.8525, 40.0478, 65.1234)
Luminance	0.4005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B8CF #CF5C45

analogous

#45CFA1 #45B8CF #4573CF

triadic

#45B8CF #CF45B8 #B8CF45

tetradic

#45B8CF #A145CF #CF5C45 #73CF45

square

#45B8CF #A145CF #CF5C45 #73CF45

split-complementary

#45B8CF #CF4573 #CFA145

monochromatic

#206B7A #2C96AB #45B8CF #76CBDC #A6DDE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#45B8CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#45B8CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B8CF

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B8CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B8CF	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B2D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A3CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b8cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 184, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.106 213.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cddd',
    500: '#45b8cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b8cf;
$custom-light: #89cddd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b8cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 58.974,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7273,
    "c": 0.10635,
    "h": 213.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B8CF

secondary

#D5A49B

accent

#6046E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B8CF

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

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