#45A9BE#45A9BE

#45A9BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.096 H 214.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A9BE
RGB	rgb(69, 169, 190)
HSL	hsl(190, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(190, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 11.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.45, -22.47, -19.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.45, 29.67, 220.79°)
OKLab	oklab(68.47% -0.08 -0.0539)
OKLCH	oklch(68.47% 0.096 214)
XYZ	xyz(25.9326, 33.3561, 53.7769)
Luminance	0.3336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A9BE #BE5A45

analogous

#45BE96 #45A9BE #456CBE

triadic

#45A9BE #BE45A9 #A9BE45

tetradic

#45A9BE #9645BE #BE5A45 #6CBE45

square

#45A9BE #9645BE #BE5A45 #6CBE45

split-complementary

#45A9BE #BE456C #BE9645

monochromatic

#235A65 #338293 #45A9BE #72BECE #A0D3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#45A9BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#45A9BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A9BE

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A9BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A9BE	1.00	2.74	7.67	7.67
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA4BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8897BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a9be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 169, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.096 214.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c2d1',
    500: '#45a9be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a9be;
$custom-light: #86c2d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a9be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.413,
    "s": 48.207,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68469,
    "c": 0.09644,
    "h": 214
  },
  "luminance": 0.33359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A9BE

secondary

#CA9E95

accent

#6850D8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A9BE

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

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