#45BBDF#45BBDF

#45BBDF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.115 H 222.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BBDF
RGB	rgb(69, 187, 223)
HSL	hsl(194, 71%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(194, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 16.1%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.96, -21.51, -27.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.96, 34.99, 232.08°)
OKLab	oklab(74.09% -0.0855 -0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(74.09% 0.115 222)
XYZ	xyz(33.5384, 42.1298, 76.1620)
Luminance	0.4213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BBDF #DF6945

analogous

#45DFB6 #45BBDF #456EDF

triadic

#45BBDF #DF45BB #BBDF45

tetradic

#45BBDF #B645DF #DF6945 #6EDF45

square

#45BBDF #B645DF #DF6945 #6EDF45

split-complementary

#45BBDF #DF456E #DFB645

monochromatic

#197591 #229FC5 #45BBDF #79CEE8 #ADE1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#45BBDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#45BBDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BBDF

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BBDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BBDF	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B7E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A7DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bbdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 187, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.115 222.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcfe9',
    500: '#45bbdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bbdf;
$custom-light: #8bcfe9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bbdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.026,
    "s": 70.642,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7409,
    "c": 0.11517,
    "h": 222
  },
  "luminance": 0.42134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BBDF

secondary

#DFAFA1

accent

#643AED

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BBDF

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

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