#45BBDB#45BBDB

#45BBDB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.113 H 219.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BBDB
RGB	rgb(69, 187, 219)
HSL	hsl(193, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(193, 68%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 14.6%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.81, -22.75, -25.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.81, 34.29, 228.42°)
OKLab	oklab(73.92% -0.0871 -0.0715)
OKLCH	oklch(73.92% 0.113 219.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.0055, 41.9166, 73.3553)
Luminance	0.4192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BBDB #DB6545

analogous

#45DBB0 #45BBDB #4570DB

triadic

#45BBDB #DB45BB #BBDB45

tetradic

#45BBDB #B045DB #DB6545 #70DB45

square

#45BBDB #B045DB #DB6545 #70DB45

split-complementary

#45BBDB #DB4570 #DBB045

monochromatic

#1B738B #259DBE #45BBDB #78CEE5 #ACE0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#45BBDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#45BBDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BBDB

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BBDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BBDB	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B6DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A7DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bbdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 187, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.113 219.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcfe6',
    500: '#45bbdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bbdb;
$custom-light: #8bcfe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bbdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.8,
    "s": 67.568,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73924,
    "c": 0.11269,
    "h": 219.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BBDB

secondary

#DDAC9F

accent

#623DEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F9FC

border

#CBD2D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BBDB

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

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