#45ABC9#45ABC9

#45ABC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.103 H 220.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45ABC9
RGB	rgb(69, 171, 201)
HSL	hsl(194, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(194, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 14.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.44, -20.11, -23.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.44, 31.30, 230.02°)
OKLab	oklab(69.4% -0.0777 -0.0669)
OKLCH	oklch(69.4% 0.103 220.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.5555, 34.6051, 60.4742)
Luminance	0.3461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45ABC9 #C96345

analogous

#45C9A5 #45ABC9 #4569C9

triadic

#45ABC9 #C945AB #ABC945

tetradic

#45ABC9 #A545C9 #C96345 #69C945

square

#45ABC9 #A545C9 #C96345 #69C945

split-complementary

#45ABC9 #C94569 #C9A545

monochromatic

#216072 #2F88A2 #45ABC9 #74C0D7 #A4D6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#45ABC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#45ABC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45ABC9

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45ABC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45ABC9	1.00	2.65	7.92	7.92
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A7CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8699C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45abc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 171, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.103 220.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c4d9',
    500: '#45abc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45abc9;
$custom-light: #87c4d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45abc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.636,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69396,
    "c": 0.10254,
    "h": 220.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45ABC9

secondary

#D1A598

accent

#6B49DE

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #45ABC9

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →