#45BCDE#45BCDE

#45BCDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.114 H 220.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BCDE
RGB	rgb(69, 188, 222)
HSL	hsl(193, 70%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(193, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 15.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.22, -22.33, -26.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.22, 34.78, 230.06°)
OKLab	oklab(74.28% -0.0869 -0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(74.28% 0.114 220.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.6168, 42.5018, 75.5250)
Luminance	0.4251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BCDE #DE6745

analogous

#45DEB3 #45BCDE #4570DE

triadic

#45BCDE #DE45BC #BCDE45

tetradic

#45BCDE #B345DE #DE6745 #70DE45

square

#45BCDE #B345DE #DE6745 #70DE45

split-complementary

#45BCDE #DE4570 #DEB345

monochromatic

#19758F #239FC3 #45BCDE #79CFE7 #ADE1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#45BCDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#45BCDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BCDE

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BCDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BCDE	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B7E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A8DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bcde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 188, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.114 220.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd0e8',
    500: '#45bcde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bcde;
$custom-light: #8bd0e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bcde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.333,
    "s": 69.863,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74283,
    "c": 0.11444,
    "h": 220.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BCDE

secondary

#DFAEA0

accent

#633BED

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BCDE

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

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