#45B8DF#45B8DF

#45B8DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.116 H 224.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B8DF
RGB	rgb(69, 184, 223)
HSL	hsl(195, 71%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(195, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 17.5%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.08, -19.96, -28.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.08, 35.16, 235.42°)
OKLab	oklab(73.39% -0.0826 -0.081)
OKLCH	oklch(73.39% 0.116 224.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.9086, 40.8702, 75.9521)
Luminance	0.4087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B8DF #DF6C45

analogous

#45DFB9 #45B8DF #456BDF

triadic

#45B8DF #DF45B8 #B8DF45

tetradic

#45B8DF #B945DF #DF6C45 #6BDF45

square

#45B8DF #B945DF #DF6C45 #6BDF45

split-complementary

#45B8DF #DF456B #DFB945

monochromatic

#197291 #229CC5 #45B8DF #79CCE8 #ADE0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#45B8DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#45B8DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B8DF

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B8DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B8DF	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B4E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA5DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b8df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 184, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.116 224.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcde9',
    500: '#45b8df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b8df;
$custom-light: #8bcde9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b8df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.195,
    "s": 70.642,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73389,
    "c": 0.11565,
    "h": 224.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B8DF

secondary

#DFB1A1

accent

#683AED

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B8DF

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