#45B8D8#45B8D8

#45B8D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.111 H 219.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B8D8
RGB	rgb(69, 184, 216)
HSL	hsl(193, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(193, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 14.8%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.82, -22.15, -25.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.82, 33.80, 229.05°)
OKLab	oklab(73.09% -0.0852 -0.0712)
OKLCH	oklch(73.09% 0.111 219.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.9843, 40.5005, 71.0842)
Luminance	0.4050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B8D8 #D86545

analogous

#45D8AE #45B8D8 #456ED8

triadic

#45B8D8 #D845B8 #B8D845

tetradic

#45B8D8 #AE45D8 #D86545 #6ED845

square

#45B8D8 #AE45D8 #D86545 #6ED845

split-complementary

#45B8D8 #D8456E #D8AE45

monochromatic

#1C6F86 #2799B9 #45B8D8 #78CBE3 #AADFED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#45B8D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#45B8D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B8D8

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B8D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B8D8	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B3DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A4D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b8d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 184, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.111 219.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acde4',
    500: '#45b8d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b8d8;
$custom-light: #8acde4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b8d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.061,
    "s": 65.333,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73094,
    "c": 0.11105,
    "h": 219.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B8D8

secondary

#DBAB9E

accent

#6440E8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B8D8

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

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