#45B8D6#45B8D6

#45B8D6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.110 H 218.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B8D6
RGB	rgb(69, 184, 214)
HSL	hsl(192, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(192, 68%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 14%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.75, -22.78, -24.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.75, 33.48, 227.14°)
OKLab	oklab(73.01% -0.086 -0.0684)
OKLCH	oklch(73.01% 0.11 218.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.7273, 40.3977, 69.7307)
Luminance	0.4040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B8D6 #D66345

analogous

#45D6AC #45B8D6 #456FD6

triadic

#45B8D6 #D645B8 #B8D645

tetradic

#45B8D6 #AC45D6 #D66345 #6FD645

square

#45B8D6 #AC45D6 #D66345 #6FD645

split-complementary

#45B8D6 #D6456F #D6AC45

monochromatic

#1D6E84 #2898B6 #45B8D6 #77CBE1 #A9DEEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#45B8D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#45B8D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B8D6

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B8D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B8D6	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)

#A5B3D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A4D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b8d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 184, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.110 218.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acde2',
    500: '#45b8d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b8d6;
$custom-light: #8acde2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b8d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.414,
    "s": 63.877,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73012,
    "c": 0.10988,
    "h": 218.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B8D6

secondary

#DAAA9D

accent

#6341E7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B8D6

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

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