#45BDDE#45BDDE

#45BDDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.114 H 219.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BDDE
RGB	rgb(69, 189, 222)
HSL	hsl(193, 70%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(193, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 14.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.51, -22.84, -26.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.51, 34.77, 228.94°)
OKLab	oklab(74.52% -0.0879 -0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(74.52% 0.114 219.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.8312, 42.9305, 75.5965)
Luminance	0.4293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BDDE #DE6645

analogous

#45DEB2 #45BDDE #4571DE

triadic

#45BDDE #DE45BD #BDDE45

tetradic

#45BDDE #B245DE #DE6645 #71DE45

square

#45BDDE #B245DE #DE6645 #71DE45

split-complementary

#45BDDE #DE4571 #DEB245

monochromatic

#19768F #23A1C3 #45BDDE #79CFE7 #ADE2F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#45BDDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#45BDDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BDDE

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BDDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BDDE	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B8E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A8DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bdde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 189, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.114 219.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd1e8',
    500: '#45bdde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bdde;
$custom-light: #8bd1e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bdde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.941,
    "s": 69.863,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74517,
    "c": 0.11437,
    "h": 219.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BDDE

secondary

#DFAEA0

accent

#613BED

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BDDE

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

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