#45BAD8#45BAD8

#45BAD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.111 H 218.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#45BAD8
RGBrgb(69, 186, 216)
HSLhsl(192, 65%, 56%)
HSVhsv(192, 68%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(68.1%, 13.9%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LABlab(70.41, -23.18, -24.63)
CIE-LCHlch(70.41, 33.82, 226.74°)
OKLaboklab(73.57% -0.0872 -0.0686)
OKLCHoklch(73.57% 0.111 218.2)
XYZxyz(32.4027, 41.3373, 71.2236)
Luminance0.4134 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#45BAD8 #D86345
analogous
#45D8AC #45BAD8 #4570D8
triadic
#45BAD8 #D845BA #BAD845
tetradic
#45BAD8 #AC45D8 #D86345 #70D845
square
#45BAD8 #AC45D8 #D86345 #70D845
split-complementary
#45BAD8 #D84570 #D8AC45
monochromatic
#1C7186 #279BB9 #45BAD8 #78CDE3 #AAE0ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27
#45BAD8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27
#45BAD8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BAD8
9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##45BAD8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##45BAD81.002.279.279.27
#FFFFFF2.271.0021.0021.00
#0000009.2721.001.001.00
##0000009.2721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A7B5DA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#92A6D8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C4C3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #45bad8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 186, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.111 218.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acfe4',
    500: '#45bad8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #45bad8;
$custom-light: #8acfe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#45bad8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.245,
    "s": 65.333,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73565,
    "c": 0.11099,
    "h": 218.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#45BAD8
secondary
#DBAA9E
accent
#6240E8
background
#F9FCFD
surface
#F1F9FB
border
#CBD2D4
text
#0D1315
muted
#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BAD8

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#45BAD8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva