#45BCDB#45BCDB

#45BCDB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.113 H 218.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BCDB
RGB	rgb(69, 188, 219)
HSL	hsl(192, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(192, 68%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 14.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.11, -23.26, -25.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.11, 34.30, 227.29°)
OKLab	oklab(74.16% -0.088 -0.0703)
OKLCH	oklch(74.16% 0.113 218.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.2184, 42.3424, 73.4263)
Luminance	0.4235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BCDB #DB6445

analogous

#45DBAF #45BCDB #4571DB

triadic

#45BCDB #DB45BC #BCDB45

tetradic

#45BCDB #AF45DB #DB6445 #71DB45

square

#45BCDB #AF45DB #DB6445 #71DB45

split-complementary

#45BCDB #DB4571 #DBAF45

monochromatic

#1B748B #259EBE #45BCDB #78CEE5 #ACE1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#45BCDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#45BCDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BCDB

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BCDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BCDB	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B7DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A7DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bcdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 188, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.113 218.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd0e6',
    500: '#45bcdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bcdb;
$custom-light: #8bd0e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bcdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.4,
    "s": 67.568,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74159,
    "c": 0.11266,
    "h": 218.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BCDB

secondary

#DDAC9F

accent

#613DEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BCDB

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

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