#45BDD8#45BDD8

#45BDD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.111 H 215.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BDD8
RGB	rgb(69, 189, 216)
HSL	hsl(191, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(191, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 12.5%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.29, -24.69, -23.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.29, 33.94, 223.32°)
OKLab	oklab(74.27% -0.0902 -0.0648)
OKLCH	oklch(74.27% 0.111 215.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.0413, 42.6146, 71.4365)
Luminance	0.4262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BDD8 #D86045

analogous

#45D8A9 #45BDD8 #4574D8

triadic

#45BDD8 #D845BD #BDD845

tetradic

#45BDD8 #A945D8 #D86045 #74D845

square

#45BDD8 #A945D8 #D86045 #74D845

split-complementary

#45BDD8 #D84574 #D8A945

monochromatic

#1C7386 #279EB9 #45BDD8 #78CFE3 #AAE1ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#45BDD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#45BDD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BDD8

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BDD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BDD8	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB7DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A8D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bdd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 189, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.111 215.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad1e4',
    500: '#45bdd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bdd8;
$custom-light: #8ad1e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bdd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.02,
    "s": 65.333,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74273,
    "c": 0.11109,
    "h": 215.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BDD8

secondary

#DBA99E

accent

#5F40E8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BDD8

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

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