#45BFDC#45BFDC

#45BFDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.113 H 216.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BFDC
RGB	rgb(69, 191, 220)
HSL	hsl(192, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(192, 69%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 13.2%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.02, -24.47, -24.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.02, 34.52, 224.85°)
OKLab	oklab(74.91% -0.0906 -0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(74.91% 0.113 216.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.9979, 43.6903, 74.3376)
Luminance	0.4369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BFDC #DC6245

analogous

#45DCAE #45BFDC #4574DC

triadic

#45BFDC #DC45BF #BFDC45

tetradic

#45BFDC #AE45DC #DC6245 #74DC45

square

#45BFDC #AE45DC #DC6245 #74DC45

split-complementary

#45BFDC #DC4574 #DCAE45

monochromatic

#1A768C #24A2C0 #45BFDC #79D1E6 #ACE2EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#45BFDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#45BFDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BFDC

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BFDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BFDC	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB9DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96AADC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bfdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 191, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.113 216.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd2e7',
    500: '#45bfdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bfdc;
$custom-light: #8bd2e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bfdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.523,
    "s": 68.326,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74905,
    "c": 0.11323,
    "h": 216.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BFDC

secondary

#DDABA0

accent

#5E3DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BFDC

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

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