#45A5BD#45A5BD

#45A5BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.095 H 217.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#45A5BD
RGBrgb(69, 165, 189)
HSLhsl(192, 48%, 51%)
HSVhsv(192, 63%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(63.5%, 12.7%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LABlab(63.22, -20.70, -20.71)
CIE-LCHlch(63.22, 29.28, 225.01°)
OKLaboklab(67.47% -0.0762 -0.0576)
OKLCHoklch(67.47% 0.095 217.1)
XYZxyz(25.0909, 31.8470, 52.9590)
Luminance0.3185 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#45A5BD #BD5D45
analogous
#45BD99 #45A5BD #4569BD
triadic
#45A5BD #BD45A5 #A5BD45
tetradic
#45A5BD #9945BD #BD5D45 #69BD45
square
#45A5BD #9945BD #BD5D45 #69BD45
split-complementary
#45A5BD #BD4569 #BD9945
monochromatic
#245764 #347F91 #45A5BD #72BBCD #9FD1DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85
#45A5BD on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37
#45A5BD on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A5BD
7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##45A5BD#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##45A5BD1.002.857.377.37
#FFFFFF2.851.0021.0021.00
#0000007.3721.001.001.00
##0000007.3721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#95A0BE
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8493BD
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00AEAC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #45a5bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 165, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.095 217.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c0d1',
    500: '#45a5bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #45a5bd;
$custom-light: #86c0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#45a5bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67468,
    "c": 0.09548,
    "h": 217.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#45A5BD
secondary
#CA9F94
accent
#6C51D7
background
#F8FBFC
surface
#F0F7F9
border
#CBD0D2
text
#0C1214
muted
#7D8182

Preview Lab

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#45A5BD Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva