#45BDE0#45BDE0

#45BDE0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.116 H 221.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BDE0
RGB	rgb(69, 189, 224)
HSL	hsl(194, 71%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(194, 69%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 15.6%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.58, -22.22, -27.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.58, 35.12, 230.75°)
OKLab	oklab(74.6% -0.0871 -0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(74.6% 0.116 221.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.1008, 43.0384, 77.0166)
Luminance	0.4304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BDE0 #E06845

analogous

#45E0B5 #45BDE0 #4570E0

triadic

#45BDE0 #E045BD #BDE045

tetradic

#45BDE0 #B545E0 #E06845 #70E045

square

#45BDE0 #B545E0 #E06845 #70E045

split-complementary

#45BDE0 #E04570 #E0B545

monochromatic

#187792 #21A1C7 #45BDE0 #79D0E9 #AEE2F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#45BDE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#45BDE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BDE0

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BDE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BDE0	1.00	2.19	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B8E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A9E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bde0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 189, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.116 221.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd1e9',
    500: '#45bde0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bde0;
$custom-light: #8bd1e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bde0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.548,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.746,
    "c": 0.11559,
    "h": 221.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BDE0

secondary

#E0AFA1

accent

#623AEE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BDE0

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

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