#45B8DA#45B8DA

#45B8DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.112 H 221.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B8DA
RGB	rgb(69, 184, 218)
HSL	hsl(194, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(194, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 15.6%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.90, -21.53, -26.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.90, 34.15, 230.92°)
OKLab	oklab(73.18% -0.0844 -0.074)
OKLCH	oklch(73.18% 0.112 221.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.2444, 40.6045, 72.4542)
Luminance	0.4061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B8DA #DA6745

analogous

#45DAB2 #45B8DA #456EDA

triadic

#45B8DA #DA45B8 #B8DA45

tetradic

#45B8DA #B245DA #DA6745 #6EDA45

square

#45B8DA #B245DA #DA6745 #6EDA45

split-complementary

#45B8DA #DA456E #DAB245

monochromatic

#1B7089 #259ABC #45B8DA #78CBE4 #ABDFEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#45B8DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#45B8DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B8DA

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B8DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B8DA	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B3DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA4DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b8da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 184, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.112 221.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acde5',
    500: '#45b8da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b8da;
$custom-light: #8acde5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b8da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.691,
    "s": 66.816,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73177,
    "c": 0.11228,
    "h": 221.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B8DA

secondary

#DCAD9F

accent

#653EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F9FC

border

#CBD2D5

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B8DA

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

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