#45BCDA#45BCDA

#45BCDA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.112 H 217.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BCDA
RGB	rgb(69, 188, 218)
HSL	hsl(192, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(192, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 13.8%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.07, -23.57, -24.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.07, 34.15, 226.35°)
OKLab	oklab(74.12% -0.0884 -0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(74.12% 0.112 217.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.0871, 42.2899, 72.7351)
Luminance	0.4229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BCDA #DA6345

analogous

#45DAAE #45BCDA #4572DA

triadic

#45BCDA #DA45BC #BCDA45

tetradic

#45BCDA #AE45DA #DA6345 #72DA45

square

#45BCDA #AE45DA #DA6345 #72DA45

split-complementary

#45BCDA #DA4572 #DAAE45

monochromatic

#1B7389 #259EBC #45BCDA #78CEE4 #ABE1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#45BCDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#45BCDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BCDA

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BCDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BCDA	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B7DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A7DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bcda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 188, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.112 217.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd0e5',
    500: '#45bcda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bcda;
$custom-light: #8bd0e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bcda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.081,
    "s": 66.816,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74118,
    "c": 0.1121,
    "h": 217.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BCDA

secondary

#DCAB9F

accent

#613EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F9FC

border

#CBD2D5

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BCDA

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

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