#45BAD9#45BAD9

#45BAD9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.112 H 218.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BAD9
RGB	rgb(69, 186, 217)
HSL	hsl(193, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(193, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 14.3%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.45, -22.87, -25.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.45, 33.97, 227.69°)
OKLab	oklab(73.61% -0.0868 -0.07)
OKLCH	oklch(73.61% 0.112 218.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.5324, 41.3891, 71.9066)
Luminance	0.4139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BAD9 #D96445

analogous

#45D9AE #45BAD9 #4570D9

triadic

#45BAD9 #D945BA #BAD945

tetradic

#45BAD9 #AE45D9 #D96445 #70D945

square

#45BAD9 #AE45D9 #D96445 #70D945

split-complementary

#45BAD9 #D94570 #D9AE45

monochromatic

#1C7188 #269CBB #45BAD9 #78CDE3 #ABE0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#45BAD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#45BAD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BAD9

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BAD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BAD9	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B5DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A6D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bad9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 186, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.112 218.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acfe4',
    500: '#45bad9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bad9;
$custom-light: #8acfe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bad9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.568,
    "s": 66.071,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73606,
    "c": 0.11156,
    "h": 218.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BAD9

secondary

#DBAB9E

accent

#623FE9

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BAD9

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

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