#45B9D6#45B9D6

#45B9D6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.110 H 217.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#45B9D6
RGBrgb(69, 185, 214)
HSLhsl(192, 64%, 55%)
HSVhsv(192, 68%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(67.8%, 13.6%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LABlab(70.05, -23.28, -24.09)
CIE-LCHlch(70.05, 33.51, 225.98°)
OKLaboklab(73.25% -0.087 -0.0671)
OKLCHoklch(73.25% 0.11 217.7)
XYZxyz(31.9358, 40.8146, 69.8002)
Luminance0.4082 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#45B9D6 #D66245
analogous
#45D6AA #45B9D6 #4570D6
triadic
#45B9D6 #D645B9 #B9D645
tetradic
#45B9D6 #AA45D6 #D66245 #70D645
square
#45B9D6 #AA45D6 #D66245 #70D645
split-complementary
#45B9D6 #D64570 #D6AA45
monochromatic
#1D6F84 #2899B6 #45B9D6 #77CCE1 #A9DFEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29
#45B9D6 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16
#45B9D6 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B9D6
9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##45B9D6#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##45B9D61.002.299.169.16
#FFFFFF2.291.0021.0021.00
#0000009.1621.001.001.00
##0000009.1621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A6B4D8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#92A5D6
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C3C2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #45b9d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 185, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.110 217.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acee2',
    500: '#45b9d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #45b9d6;
$custom-light: #8acee2;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#45b9d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192,
    "s": 63.877,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73248,
    "c": 0.10988,
    "h": 217.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#45B9D6
secondary
#DAA99D
accent
#6241E7
background
#F9FCFD
surface
#F1F9FB
border
#CBD2D4
text
#0D1315
muted
#7E8283

Preview Lab

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#45B9D6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva