#45B7DE#45B7DE

#45B7DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.115 H 224.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#45B7DE
RGBrgb(69, 183, 222)
HSLhsl(195, 70%, 57%)
HSVhsv(195, 69%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(68.9%, 17.6%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LABlab(69.76, -19.76, -28.91)
CIE-LCHlch(69.76, 35.02, 235.66°)
OKLaboklab(73.11% -0.082 -0.0809)
OKLCHoklch(73.11% 0.115 224.6)
XYZxyz(32.5672, 40.4025, 75.1752)
Luminance0.4041 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#45B7DE #DE6C45
analogous
#45DEB8 #45B7DE #456BDE
triadic
#45B7DE #DE45B7 #B7DE45
tetradic
#45B7DE #B845DE #DE6C45 #6BDE45
square
#45B7DE #B845DE #DE6C45 #6BDE45
split-complementary
#45B7DE #DE456B #DEB845
monochromatic
#19718F #239AC3 #45B7DE #79CBE7 #ADDFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31
#45B7DE on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08
#45B7DE on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B7DE
9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##45B7DE#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##45B7DE1.002.319.089.08
#FFFFFF2.311.0021.0021.00
#0000009.0821.001.001.00
##0000009.0821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A1B3E0
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8CA4DE
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C3C4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #45b7de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 183, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.115 224.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcce8',
    500: '#45b7de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #45b7de;
$custom-light: #8bcce8;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#45b7de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.294,
    "s": 69.863,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73112,
    "c": 0.11514,
    "h": 224.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#45B7DE
secondary
#DFB0A0
accent
#683BED
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F8FC
border
#CCD1D5
text
#0D1316
muted
#7E8284

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#45B7DE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva