#45BBD8#45BBD8

#45BBD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.111 H 217.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BBD8
RGB	rgb(69, 187, 216)
HSL	hsl(192, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(192, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 13.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.71, -23.68, -24.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.71, 33.85, 225.59°)
OKLab	oklab(73.8% -0.0882 -0.0674)
OKLCH	oklch(73.8% 0.111 217.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.6141, 41.7601, 71.2941)
Luminance	0.4176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BBD8 #D86245

analogous

#45D8AB #45BBD8 #4571D8

triadic

#45BBD8 #D845BB #BBD845

tetradic

#45BBD8 #AB45D8 #D86245 #71D845

square

#45BBD8 #AB45D8 #D86245 #71D845

split-complementary

#45BBD8 #D84571 #D8AB45

monochromatic

#1C7186 #279CB9 #45BBD8 #78CDE3 #AAE0ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#45BBD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#45BBD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BBD8

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BBD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BBD8	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B6DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A6D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bbd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 187, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.111 217.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acfe4',
    500: '#45bbd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bbd8;
$custom-light: #8acfe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bbd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.837,
    "s": 65.333,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73801,
    "c": 0.111,
    "h": 217.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BBD8

secondary

#DBAA9E

accent

#6140E8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BBD8

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

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