#45BDD6#45BDD6

#45BDD6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.110 H 214.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BDD6
RGB	rgb(69, 189, 214)
HSL	hsl(190, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(190, 68%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 11.7%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.22, -25.30, -22.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.22, 33.73, 221.39°)
OKLab	oklab(74.19% -0.091 -0.0621)
OKLCH	oklch(74.19% 0.11 214.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.7844, 42.5118, 70.0831)
Luminance	0.4251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BDD6 #D65E45

analogous

#45D6A7 #45BDD6 #4574D6

triadic

#45BDD6 #D645BD #BDD645

tetradic

#45BDD6 #A745D6 #D65E45 #74D645

square

#45BDD6 #A745D6 #D65E45 #74D645

split-complementary

#45BDD6 #D64574 #D6A745

monochromatic

#1D7284 #289DB6 #45BDD6 #77CFE1 #A9E1EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#45BDD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#45BDD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BDD6

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BDD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BDD6	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB7D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A8D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bdd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 189, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.110 214.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad1e2',
    500: '#45bdd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bdd6;
$custom-light: #8ad1e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bdd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.345,
    "s": 63.877,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74193,
    "c": 0.11015,
    "h": 214.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BDD6

secondary

#DAA89D

accent

#5E41E7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BDD6

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

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