#45BDE4#45BDE4

#45BDE4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.118 H 223.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BDE4
RGB	rgb(69, 189, 228)
HSL	hsl(195, 75%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(195, 70%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 17.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.73, -20.96, -29.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.73, 35.90, 234.27°)
OKLab	oklab(74.77% -0.0856 -0.0815)
OKLCH	oklch(74.77% 0.118 223.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.6497, 43.2579, 79.9072)
Luminance	0.4326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BDE4 #E46C45

analogous

#45E4BB #45BDE4 #456DE4

triadic

#45BDE4 #E445BD #BDE445

tetradic

#45BDE4 #BB45E4 #E46C45 #6DE445

square

#45BDE4 #BB45E4 #E46C45 #6DE445

split-complementary

#45BDE4 #E4456D #E4BB45

monochromatic

#167898 #1EA3CE #45BDE4 #7AD0EC #B0E3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#45BDE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#45BDE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BDE4

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BDE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BDE4	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B9E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A9E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bde4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 189, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.118 223.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd1ec',
    500: '#45bde4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bde4;
$custom-light: #8cd1ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bde4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.717,
    "s": 74.648,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74768,
    "c": 0.11822,
    "h": 223.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BDE4

secondary

#E2B2A3

accent

#6437F1

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BDE4

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

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