#45BAD4#45BAD4

#45BAD4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.109 H 215.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BAD4
RGB	rgb(69, 186, 212)
HSL	hsl(191, 62%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(191, 67%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 12.3%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.27, -24.41, -22.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.27, 33.30, 222.88°)
OKLab	oklab(73.4% -0.0888 -0.0631)
OKLCH	oklch(73.4% 0.109 215.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.8919, 41.1329, 68.5333)
Luminance	0.4114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BAD4 #D45F45

analogous

#45D4A6 #45BAD4 #4573D4

triadic

#45BAD4 #D445BA #BAD445

tetradic

#45BAD4 #A645D4 #D45F45 #73D445

square

#45BAD4 #A645D4 #D45F45 #73D445

split-complementary

#45BAD4 #D44573 #D4A645

monochromatic

#1E6F81 #299AB3 #45BAD4 #77CCDF #A8DFEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#45BAD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#45BAD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BAD4

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BAD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BAD4	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)

#A8B4D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A5D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bad4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 186, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.109 215.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acfe1',
    500: '#45bad4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bad4;
$custom-light: #8acfe1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bad4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.909,
    "s": 62.445,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73403,
    "c": 0.1089,
    "h": 215.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BAD4

secondary

#D8A79C

accent

#6042E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BAD4

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

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