#45BCD5#45BCD5

#45BCD5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.110 H 214.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BCD5
RGB	rgb(69, 188, 213)
HSL	hsl(190, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(190, 68%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 11.7%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.89, -25.11, -22.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.89, 33.55, 221.55°)
OKLab	oklab(73.92% -0.0904 -0.0619)
OKLCH	oklch(73.92% 0.11 214.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.4427, 42.0321, 69.3411)
Luminance	0.4204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BCD5 #D55E45

analogous

#45D5A6 #45BCD5 #4574D5

triadic

#45BCD5 #D545BC #BCD545

tetradic

#45BCD5 #A645D5 #D55E45 #74D545

square

#45BCD5 #A645D5 #D55E45 #74D545

split-complementary

#45BCD5 #D54574 #D5A645

monochromatic

#1D7182 #299CB4 #45BCD5 #77CEE0 #A9E0EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#45BCD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#45BCD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BCD5

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BCD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BCD5	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB6D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A7D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bcd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 188, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.110 214.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad0e2',
    500: '#45bcd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bcd5;
$custom-light: #8ad0e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bcd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.417,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73917,
    "c": 0.10957,
    "h": 214.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BCD5

secondary

#D9A79D

accent

#5E42E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BCD5

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

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