#45B5D6#45B5D6

#45B5D6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.110 H 221.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#45B5D6
RGBrgb(69, 181, 214)
HSLhsl(194, 64%, 55%)
HSVhsv(194, 68%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(67.8%, 15.4%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LABlab(68.87, -21.24, -25.89)
CIE-LCHlch(68.87, 33.49, 230.64°)
OKLaboklab(72.3% -0.083 -0.0723)
OKLCHoklch(72.3% 0.11 221.1)
XYZxyz(31.1107, 39.1645, 69.5252)
Luminance0.3917 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#45B5D6 #D66645
analogous
#45D6AE #45B5D6 #456CD6
triadic
#45B5D6 #D645B5 #B5D645
tetradic
#45B5D6 #AE45D6 #D66645 #6CD645
square
#45B5D6 #AE45D6 #D66645 #6CD645
split-complementary
#45B5D6 #D6456C #D6AE45
monochromatic
#1D6C84 #2895B6 #45B5D6 #77C9E1 #A9DDEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38
#45B5D6 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83
#45B5D6 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B5D6
8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##45B5D6#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##45B5D61.002.388.838.83
#FFFFFF2.381.0021.0021.00
#0000008.8321.001.001.00
##0000008.8321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A1B0D8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8DA2D6
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C0C0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #45b5d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 181, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.110 221.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acbe2',
    500: '#45b5d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #45b5d6;
$custom-light: #8acbe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#45b5d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.655,
    "s": 63.877,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72304,
    "c": 0.11003,
    "h": 221.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#45B5D6
secondary
#DAAB9D
accent
#6741E7
background
#F9FCFD
surface
#F1F8FB
border
#CBD1D4
text
#0D1315
muted
#7E8283

Preview Lab

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#45B5D6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva