#45B8DB#45B8DB

#45B8DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.113 H 221.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B8DB
RGB	rgb(69, 184, 219)
HSL	hsl(194, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(194, 68%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 16%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.93, -21.22, -27.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.93, 34.34, 231.84°)
OKLab	oklab(73.22% -0.0841 -0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(73.22% 0.113 221.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.3757, 40.6570, 73.1454)
Luminance	0.4066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B8DB #DB6845

analogous

#45DBB3 #45B8DB #456DDB

triadic

#45B8DB #DB45B8 #B8DB45

tetradic

#45B8DB #B345DB #DB6845 #6DDB45

square

#45B8DB #B345DB #DB6845 #6DDB45

split-complementary

#45B8DB #DB456D #DBB345

monochromatic

#1B718B #259ABE #45B8DB #78CCE5 #ACDFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#45B8DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#45B8DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B8DB

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B8DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B8DB	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B4DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA4DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b8db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 184, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.113 221.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acde6',
    500: '#45b8db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b8db;
$custom-light: #8acde6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b8db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194,
    "s": 67.568,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73219,
    "c": 0.11293,
    "h": 221.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B8DB

secondary

#DDAD9F

accent

#663DEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F9FC

border

#CBD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B8DB

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

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