#45BAD5#45BAD5

#45BAD5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.109 H 216.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BAD5
RGB	rgb(69, 186, 213)
HSL	hsl(191, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(191, 68%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 12.7%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.30, -24.10, -23.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.30, 33.42, 223.85°)
OKLab	oklab(73.44% -0.0884 -0.0645)
OKLCH	oklch(73.44% 0.109 216.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.0184, 41.1835, 69.1997)
Luminance	0.4119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BAD5 #D56045

analogous

#45D5A8 #45BAD5 #4572D5

triadic

#45BAD5 #D545BA #BAD545

tetradic

#45BAD5 #A845D5 #D56045 #72D545

square

#45BAD5 #A845D5 #D56045 #72D545

split-complementary

#45BAD5 #D54572 #D5A845

monochromatic

#1D6F82 #299AB4 #45BAD5 #77CDE0 #A9DFEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#45BAD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#45BAD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BAD5

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BAD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BAD5	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B4D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A5D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bad5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 186, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.109 216.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acfe2',
    500: '#45bad5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bad5;
$custom-light: #8acfe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bad5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.25,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73443,
    "c": 0.1094,
    "h": 216.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BAD5

secondary

#D9A89D

accent

#6042E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BAD5

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

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