#45BDDF#45BDDF

#45BDDF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.115 H 220.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BDDF
RGB	rgb(69, 189, 223)
HSL	hsl(193, 71%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(193, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 15.2%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.54, -22.53, -26.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.54, 34.94, 229.85°)
OKLab	oklab(74.56% -0.0875 -0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(74.56% 0.115 220.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.9656, 42.9843, 76.3044)
Luminance	0.4299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BDDF #DF6745

analogous

#45DFB4 #45BDDF #4570DF

triadic

#45BDDF #DF45BD #BDDF45

tetradic

#45BDDF #B445DF #DF6745 #70DF45

square

#45BDDF #B445DF #DF6745 #70DF45

split-complementary

#45BDDF #DF4570 #DFB445

monochromatic

#197691 #22A1C5 #45BDDF #79D0E8 #ADE2F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#45BDDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#45BDDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BDDF

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BDDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BDDF	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B8E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A8DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bddf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 189, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.115 220.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd1e9',
    500: '#45bddf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bddf;
$custom-light: #8bd1e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bddf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.247,
    "s": 70.642,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74558,
    "c": 0.11497,
    "h": 220.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BDDF

secondary

#DFAEA1

accent

#623AED

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BDDF

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

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