#45B9DC#45B9DC

#45B9DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.113 H 221.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B9DC
RGB	rgb(69, 185, 220)
HSL	hsl(194, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(194, 69%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 15.9%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.26, -21.42, -27.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.26, 34.49, 231.61°)
OKLab	oklab(73.5% -0.0847 -0.0755)
OKLCH	oklch(73.5% 0.113 221.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.7162, 41.1268, 73.9103)
Luminance	0.4113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B9DC #DC6845

analogous

#45DCB3 #45B9DC #456EDC

triadic

#45B9DC #DC45B9 #B9DC45

tetradic

#45B9DC #B345DC #DC6845 #6EDC45

square

#45B9DC #B345DC #DC6845 #6EDC45

split-complementary

#45B9DC #DC456E #DCB345

monochromatic

#1A728C #249CC0 #45B9DC #79CCE6 #ACE0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#45B9DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#45B9DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B9DC

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B9DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B9DC	1.00	2.28	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B5DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA5DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b9dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 185, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.113 221.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcee7',
    500: '#45b9dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b9dc;
$custom-light: #8bcee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b9dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.907,
    "s": 68.326,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73496,
    "c": 0.11346,
    "h": 221.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B9DC

secondary

#DDAEA0

accent

#653DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F9FC

border

#CBD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B9DC

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

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