#45BCDC#45BCDC

#45BCDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.113 H 219.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BCDC
RGB	rgb(69, 188, 220)
HSL	hsl(193, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(193, 69%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 14.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.14, -22.95, -25.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.14, 34.45, 228.22°)
OKLab	oklab(74.2% -0.0877 -0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(74.2% 0.113 219.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.3504, 42.3952, 74.1217)
Luminance	0.4240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BCDC #DC6545

analogous

#45DCB1 #45BCDC #4571DC

triadic

#45BCDC #DC45BC #BCDC45

tetradic

#45BCDC #B145DC #DC6545 #71DC45

square

#45BCDC #B145DC #DC6545 #71DC45

split-complementary

#45BCDC #DC4571 #DCB145

monochromatic

#1A748C #249FC0 #45BCDC #79CFE6 #ACE1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#45BCDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#45BCDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BCDC

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BCDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BCDC	1.00	2.22	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B7DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A7DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bcdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 188, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.113 219.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd0e7',
    500: '#45bcdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bcdc;
$custom-light: #8bd0e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bcdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.715,
    "s": 68.326,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.742,
    "c": 0.11324,
    "h": 219.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BCDC

secondary

#DDADA0

accent

#623DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BCDC

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

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