#45BCD8#45BCD8

#45BCD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.111 H 216.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BCD8
RGB	rgb(69, 188, 216)
HSL	hsl(191, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(191, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 13%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.00, -24.19, -23.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.00, 33.89, 224.45°)
OKLab	oklab(74.04% -0.0892 -0.0661)
OKLCH	oklch(74.04% 0.111 216.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.8270, 42.1858, 71.3650)
Luminance	0.4219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BCD8 #D86145

analogous

#45D8AB #45BCD8 #4572D8

triadic

#45BCD8 #D845BC #BCD845

tetradic

#45BCD8 #AB45D8 #D86145 #72D845

square

#45BCD8 #AB45D8 #D86145 #72D845

split-complementary

#45BCD8 #D84572 #D8AB45

monochromatic

#1C7286 #279DB9 #45BCD8 #78CEE3 #AAE0ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#45BCD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#45BCD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BCD8

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BCD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BCD8	1.00	2.23	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B6DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A7D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bcd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 188, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.111 216.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad0e4',
    500: '#45bcd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bcd8;
$custom-light: #8ad0e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bcd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.429,
    "s": 65.333,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74037,
    "c": 0.11104,
    "h": 216.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BCD8

secondary

#DBAA9E

accent

#6040E8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BCD8

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

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