#45B6D6#45B6D6

#45B6D6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.110 H 220.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#45B6D6
RGBrgb(69, 182, 214)
HSLhsl(193, 64%, 55%)
HSVhsv(193, 68%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(67.8%, 15%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LABlab(69.16, -21.75, -25.44)
CIE-LCHlch(69.16, 33.47, 229.47°)
OKLaboklab(72.54% -0.084 -0.071)
OKLCHoklch(72.54% 0.11 220.2)
XYZxyz(31.3148, 39.5727, 69.5932)
Luminance0.3958 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#45B6D6 #D66545
analogous
#45D6AD #45B6D6 #456ED6
triadic
#45B6D6 #D645B6 #B6D645
tetradic
#45B6D6 #AD45D6 #D66545 #6ED645
square
#45B6D6 #AD45D6 #D66545 #6ED645
split-complementary
#45B6D6 #D6456E #D6AD45
monochromatic
#1D6D84 #2896B6 #45B6D6 #77CAE1 #A9DDEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36
#45B6D6 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92
#45B6D6 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B6D6
8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##45B6D6#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##45B6D61.002.368.928.92
#FFFFFF2.361.0021.0021.00
#0000008.9221.001.001.00
##0000008.9221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A2B1D8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8EA2D6
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C0C0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #45b6d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 182, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.110 220.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acce2',
    500: '#45b6d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #45b6d6;
$custom-light: #8acce2;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#45b6d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.241,
    "s": 63.877,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7254,
    "c": 0.10995,
    "h": 220.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#45B6D6
secondary
#DAAB9D
accent
#6641E7
background
#F9FCFD
surface
#F1F8FB
border
#CBD1D4
text
#0D1315
muted
#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B6D6

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#45B6D6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva