#45BCD7#45BCD7

#45BCD7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.111 H 215.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BCD7
RGB	rgb(69, 188, 215)
HSL	hsl(191, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(191, 68%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 12.6%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.96, -24.50, -23.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.96, 33.77, 223.49°)
OKLab	oklab(74% -0.0896 -0.0647)
OKLCH	oklch(74% 0.111 215.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.6981, 42.1343, 70.6863)
Luminance	0.4214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BCD7 #D76045

analogous

#45D7A9 #45BCD7 #4573D7

triadic

#45BCD7 #D745BC #BCD745

tetradic

#45BCD7 #A945D7 #D76045 #73D745

square

#45BCD7 #A945D7 #D76045 #73D745

split-complementary

#45BCD7 #D74573 #D7A945

monochromatic

#1D7285 #279DB7 #45BCD7 #77CEE2 #AAE0ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#45BCD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#45BCD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BCD7

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BCD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BCD7	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)

#A9B6D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A7D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bcd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 188, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.111 215.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad0e3',
    500: '#45bcd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bcd7;
$custom-light: #8ad0e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bcd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.096,
    "s": 64.602,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73997,
    "c": 0.11053,
    "h": 215.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BCD7

secondary

#DAA99E

accent

#5F40E8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BCD7

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

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