#45BAD8#45BAD8

#45BAD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.111 H 218.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BAD8
RGB	rgb(69, 186, 216)
HSL	hsl(192, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(192, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 13.9%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.41, -23.18, -24.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.41, 33.82, 226.74°)
OKLab	oklab(73.57% -0.0872 -0.0686)
OKLCH	oklch(73.57% 0.111 218.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.4027, 41.3373, 71.2236)
Luminance	0.4134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#45BAD8 #D86345

analogous

#45D8AC #45BAD8 #4570D8

triadic

#45BAD8 #D845BA #BAD845

tetradic

#45BAD8 #AC45D8 #D86345 #70D845

square

#45BAD8 #AC45D8 #D86345 #70D845

split-complementary

#45BAD8 #D84570 #D8AC45

monochromatic

#1C7186 #279BB9 #45BAD8 #78CDE3 #AAE0ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#45BAD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#45BAD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BAD8

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BAD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BAD8	1.00	2.27	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B5DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A6D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bad8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 186, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.111 218.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acfe4',
    500: '#45bad8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bad8;
$custom-light: #8acfe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bad8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.245,
    "s": 65.333,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73565,
    "c": 0.11099,
    "h": 218.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BAD8

secondary

#DBAA9E

accent

#6240E8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BAD8

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

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