#45BCD4#45BCD4

#45BCD4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.109 H 213.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BCD4
RGB	rgb(69, 188, 212)
HSL	hsl(190, 62%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(190, 67%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 11.3%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.86, -25.41, -21.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.86, 33.46, 220.58°)
OKLab	oklab(73.88% -0.0908 -0.0605)
OKLCH	oklch(73.88% 0.109 213.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.3161, 41.9815, 68.6747)
Luminance	0.4199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BCD4 #D45D45

analogous

#45D4A4 #45BCD4 #4574D4

triadic

#45BCD4 #D445BC #BCD445

tetradic

#45BCD4 #A445D4 #D45D45 #74D445

square

#45BCD4 #A445D4 #D45D45 #74D445

split-complementary

#45BCD4 #D44574 #D4A445

monochromatic

#1E7081 #299BB3 #45BCD4 #77CEDF #A8E0EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#45BCD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#45BCD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BCD4

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BCD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BCD4	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB6D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A7D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bcd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 188, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.109 213.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad0e1',
    500: '#45bcd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bcd4;
$custom-light: #8ad0e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bcd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.07,
    "s": 62.445,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73877,
    "c": 0.10912,
    "h": 213.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BCD4

secondary

#D8A69C

accent

#5E42E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BCD4

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

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