#45B9DB#45B9DB

#45B9DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.113 H 221.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B9DB
RGB	rgb(69, 185, 219)
HSL	hsl(194, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(194, 68%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 15.5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.23, -21.73, -26.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.23, 34.31, 230.70°)
OKLab	oklab(73.45% -0.0851 -0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(73.45% 0.113 221.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.5841, 41.0739, 73.2149)
Luminance	0.4108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B9DB #DB6745

analogous

#45DBB2 #45B9DB #456EDB

triadic

#45B9DB #DB45B9 #B9DB45

tetradic

#45B9DB #B245DB #DB6745 #6EDB45

square

#45B9DB #B245DB #DB6745 #6EDB45

split-complementary

#45B9DB #DB456E #DBB245

monochromatic

#1B718B #259BBE #45B9DB #78CCE5 #ACE0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#45B9DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#45B9DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B9DB

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B9DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B9DB	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B4DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A5DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b9db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 185, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.113 221.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acee6',
    500: '#45b9db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b9db;
$custom-light: #8acee6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b9db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.6,
    "s": 67.568,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73454,
    "c": 0.11282,
    "h": 221.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B9DB

secondary

#DDAD9F

accent

#653DEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F9FC

border

#CBD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B9DB

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

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