#45BDDB#45BDDB

#45BDDB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.113 H 217.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BDDB
RGB	rgb(69, 189, 219)
HSL	hsl(192, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(192, 68%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 13.7%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.40, -23.77, -24.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.40, 34.32, 226.16°)
OKLab	oklab(74.39% -0.089 -0.069)
OKLCH	oklch(74.39% 0.113 217.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.4327, 42.7711, 73.4978)
Luminance	0.4278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BDDB #DB6345

analogous

#45DBAE #45BDDB #4572DB

triadic

#45BDDB #DB45BD #BDDB45

tetradic

#45BDDB #AE45DB #DB6345 #72DB45

square

#45BDDB #AE45DB #DB6345 #72DB45

split-complementary

#45BDDB #DB4572 #DBAE45

monochromatic

#1B748B #259FBE #45BDDB #78CFE5 #ACE1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#45BDDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#45BDDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BDDB

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BDDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BDDB	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB8DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A8DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bddb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 189, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.113 217.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd1e6',
    500: '#45bddb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bddb;
$custom-light: #8bd1e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bddb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192,
    "s": 67.568,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74394,
    "c": 0.11265,
    "h": 217.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BDDB

secondary

#DDAB9F

accent

#603DEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BDDB

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

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