#45BCD6#45BCD6

#45BCD6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.110 H 215.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BCD6
RGB	rgb(69, 188, 214)
HSL	hsl(191, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(191, 68%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 12.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.93, -24.80, -22.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.93, 33.65, 222.53°)
OKLab	oklab(73.96% -0.09 -0.0633)
OKLCH	oklch(73.96% 0.11 215.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.5700, 42.0830, 70.0116)
Luminance	0.4209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BCD6 #D65F45

analogous

#45D6A8 #45BCD6 #4573D6

triadic

#45BCD6 #D645BC #BCD645

tetradic

#45BCD6 #A845D6 #D65F45 #73D645

square

#45BCD6 #A845D6 #D65F45 #73D645

split-complementary

#45BCD6 #D64573 #D6A845

monochromatic

#1D7184 #289CB6 #45BCD6 #77CEE1 #A9E0EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#45BCD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#45BCD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BCD6

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BCD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BCD6	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB6D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A7D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bcd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 188, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.110 215.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad0e2',
    500: '#45bcd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bcd6;
$custom-light: #8ad0e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bcd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.759,
    "s": 63.877,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73957,
    "c": 0.11004,
    "h": 215.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BCD6

secondary

#DAA89D

accent

#5F41E7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BCD6

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

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