#45ABD6#45ABD6

#45ABD6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.112 H 229.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#45ABD6
RGBrgb(69, 171, 214)
HSLhsl(198, 64%, 55%)
HSVhsv(198, 68%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(67.8%, 20.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LABlab(65.94, -15.99, -30.41)
CIE-LCHlch(65.94, 34.36, 242.26°)
OKLaboklab(69.96% -0.0729 -0.0852)
OKLCHoklch(69.96% 0.112 229.4)
XYZxyz(29.1499, 35.2429, 68.8716)
Luminance0.3525 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#45ABD6 #D67045
analogous
#45D6B8 #45ABD6 #4562D6
triadic
#45ABD6 #D645AB #ABD645
tetradic
#45ABD6 #B845D6 #D67045 #62D645
square
#45ABD6 #B845D6 #D67045 #62D645
split-complementary
#45ABD6 #D64562 #D6B845
monochromatic
#1D6584 #288CB6 #45ABD6 #77C2E1 #A9D8EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61
#45ABD6 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05
#45ABD6 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45ABD6
8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##45ABD6#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##45ABD61.002.618.058.05
#FFFFFF2.611.0021.0021.00
#0000008.0521.001.001.00
##0000008.0521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#95A8D8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#819AD5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B7B9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #45abd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 171, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.112 229.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c4e2',
    500: '#45abd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #45abd6;
$custom-light: #89c4e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#45abd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.793,
    "s": 63.877,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69958,
    "c": 0.11214,
    "h": 229.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#45ABD6
secondary
#DAAF9D
accent
#7241E7
background
#F9FCFD
surface
#F1F8FB
border
#CBD1D4
text
#0D1215
muted
#7E8183

Preview Lab

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#45ABD6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva