#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
RGB	rgb(69, 185, 214)
HSL	hsl(192, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(192, 68%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 13.6%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.05, -23.28, -24.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.05, 33.51, 225.98°)
OKLab	oklab(73.25% -0.087 -0.0671)
OKLCH	oklch(73.25% 0.11 217.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.9358, 40.8146, 69.8002)
Luminance	0.4082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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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
##45B9D6	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #45B9D6

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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