#45B8DC#45B8DC

#45B8DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.114 H 222.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B8DC
RGB	rgb(69, 184, 220)
HSL	hsl(194, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(194, 69%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 16.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.97, -20.90, -27.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.97, 34.53, 232.75°)
OKLab	oklab(73.26% -0.0837 -0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(73.26% 0.114 222.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.5077, 40.7098, 73.8408)
Luminance	0.4071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B8DC #DC6945

analogous

#45DCB5 #45B8DC #456DDC

triadic

#45B8DC #DC45B8 #B8DC45

tetradic

#45B8DC #B545DC #DC6945 #6DDC45

square

#45B8DC #B545DC #DC6945 #6DDC45

split-complementary

#45B8DC #DC456D #DCB545

monochromatic

#1A718C #249BC0 #45B8DC #79CCE6 #ACDFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#45B8DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#45B8DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B8DC

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B8DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B8DC	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B4DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA4DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b8dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 184, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.114 222.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcde7',
    500: '#45b8dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b8dc;
$custom-light: #8bcde7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b8dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.305,
    "s": 68.326,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73261,
    "c": 0.11359,
    "h": 222.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B8DC

secondary

#DDAEA0

accent

#663DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F9FC

border

#CBD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B8DC

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

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