#45BCDD#45BCDD

#45BCDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.114 H 219.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BCDD
RGB	rgb(69, 188, 221)
HSL	hsl(193, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(193, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 14.9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.18, -22.64, -26.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.18, 34.61, 229.14°)
OKLab	oklab(74.24% -0.0873 -0.0731)
OKLCH	oklch(74.24% 0.114 219.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.4832, 42.4483, 74.8213)
Luminance	0.4245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BCDD #DD6645

analogous

#45DDB2 #45BCDD #4570DD

triadic

#45BCDD #DD45BC #BCDD45

tetradic

#45BCDD #B245DD #DD6645 #70DD45

square

#45BCDD #B245DD #DD6645 #70DD45

split-complementary

#45BCDD #DD4570 #DDB245

monochromatic

#1A758E #239FC1 #45BCDD #79CFE6 #ACE1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#45BCDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#45BCDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BCDD

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BCDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BCDD	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B7DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A8DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bcdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 188, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.114 219.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bcdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.026,
    "s": 69.091,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74241,
    "c": 0.11383,
    "h": 219.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BCDD

secondary

#DEADA0

accent

#623CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BCDD

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

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