#45B9D8#45B9D8

#45B9D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.111 H 219.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B9D8
RGB	rgb(69, 185, 216)
HSL	hsl(193, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(193, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 14.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.12, -22.67, -25.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.12, 33.80, 227.89°)
OKLab	oklab(73.33% -0.0862 -0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(73.33% 0.111 219)
XYZ	xyz(32.1928, 40.9174, 71.1536)
Luminance	0.4092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B9D8 #D86445

analogous

#45D8AD #45B9D8 #456FD8

triadic

#45B9D8 #D845B9 #B9D845

tetradic

#45B9D8 #AD45D8 #D86445 #6FD845

square

#45B9D8 #AD45D8 #D86445 #6FD845

split-complementary

#45B9D8 #D8456F #D8AD45

monochromatic

#1C7086 #279AB9 #45B9D8 #78CCE3 #AADFED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#45B9D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#45B9D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B9D8

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B9D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B9D8	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B4DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A5D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b9d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 185, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.111 219.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acee4',
    500: '#45b9d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b9d8;
$custom-light: #8acee4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b9d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.653,
    "s": 65.333,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73329,
    "c": 0.11101,
    "h": 219
  },
  "luminance": 0.40921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B9D8

secondary

#DBAB9E

accent

#6340E8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B9D8

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

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