#45B8D5#45B8D5

#45B8D5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.109 H 217.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B8D5
RGB	rgb(69, 184, 213)
HSL	hsl(192, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(192, 68%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 13.6%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.72, -23.08, -24.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.72, 33.34, 226.18°)
OKLab	oklab(72.97% -0.0864 -0.067)
OKLCH	oklch(72.97% 0.109 217.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.6000, 40.3468, 69.0602)
Luminance	0.4035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B8D5 #D56245

analogous

#45D5AA #45B8D5 #4570D5

triadic

#45B8D5 #D545B8 #B8D545

tetradic

#45B8D5 #AA45D5 #D56245 #70D545

square

#45B8D5 #AA45D5 #D56245 #70D545

split-complementary

#45B8D5 #D54570 #D5AA45

monochromatic

#1D6E82 #2998B4 #45B8D5 #77CBE0 #A9DEEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#45B8D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#45B8D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B8D5

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B8D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B8D5	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)

#A5B3D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A4D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b8d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 184, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.109 217.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acde2',
    500: '#45b8d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b8d5;
$custom-light: #8acde2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b8d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.083,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72971,
    "c": 0.10932,
    "h": 217.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B8D5

secondary

#D9A99D

accent

#6342E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B8D5

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

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