#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
RGBrgb(69, 186, 217)
HSLhsl(193, 66%, 56%)
HSVhsv(193, 68%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(68.2%, 14.3%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(70.45, -22.87, -25.12)
CIE-LCHlch(70.45, 33.97, 227.69°)
OKLaboklab(73.61% -0.0868 -0.07)
OKLCHoklch(73.61% 0.112 218.9)
XYZxyz(32.5324, 41.3891, 71.9066)
Luminance0.4139 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

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
##45BAD91.002.269.289.28
#FFFFFF2.261.0021.0021.00
#0000009.2821.001.001.00
##0000009.2821.001.001.00

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

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#45BAD9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva