#45BDD5#45BDD5

#45BDD5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.110 H 213.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BDD5
RGB	rgb(69, 189, 213)
HSL	hsl(190, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(190, 68%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 11.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.19, -25.61, -21.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.19, 33.63, 220.42°)
OKLab	oklab(74.15% -0.0914 -0.0607)
OKLCH	oklch(74.15% 0.11 213.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.6570, 42.4608, 69.4125)
Luminance	0.4246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BDD5 #D55D45

analogous

#45D5A5 #45BDD5 #4575D5

triadic

#45BDD5 #D545BD #BDD545

tetradic

#45BDD5 #A545D5 #D55D45 #75D545

square

#45BDD5 #A545D5 #D55D45 #75D545

split-complementary

#45BDD5 #D54575 #D5A545

monochromatic

#1D7182 #299DB4 #45BDD5 #77CFE0 #A9E0EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#45BDD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#45BDD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BDD5

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BDD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BDD5	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB7D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A8D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bdd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 189, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.110 213.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad1e2',
    500: '#45bdd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bdd5;
$custom-light: #8ad1e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bdd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74154,
    "c": 0.10969,
    "h": 213.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BDD5

secondary

#D9A79D

accent

#5D42E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BDD5

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

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