#45B8D9#45B8D9

#45B8D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.112 H 220.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B8D9
RGB	rgb(69, 184, 217)
HSL	hsl(193, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(193, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 15.2%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.86, -21.84, -26.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.86, 33.97, 229.98°)
OKLab	oklab(73.13% -0.0848 -0.0726)
OKLCH	oklch(73.13% 0.112 220.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.1140, 40.5524, 71.7671)
Luminance	0.4056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B8D9 #D96645

analogous

#45D9B0 #45B8D9 #456ED9

triadic

#45B8D9 #D945B8 #B8D945

tetradic

#45B8D9 #B045D9 #D96645 #6ED945

square

#45B8D9 #B045D9 #D96645 #6ED945

split-complementary

#45B8D9 #D9456E #D9B045

monochromatic

#1C7088 #269ABB #45B8D9 #78CBE3 #ABDFEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#45B8D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#45B8D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B8D9

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B8D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B8D9	1.00	2.30	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B3DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA4D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b8d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 184, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.112 220.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acde4',
    500: '#45b8d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b8d9;
$custom-light: #8acde4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b8d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.378,
    "s": 66.071,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73135,
    "c": 0.11166,
    "h": 220.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B8D9

secondary

#DBAC9E

accent

#653FE9

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B8D9

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

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