#45BDE1#45BDE1

#45BDE1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.116 H 221.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BDE1
RGB	rgb(69, 189, 225)
HSL	hsl(194, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(194, 69%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 16%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.62, -21.90, -27.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.62, 35.30, 231.65°)
OKLab	oklab(74.64% -0.0868 -0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(74.64% 0.116 221.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.2369, 43.0928, 77.7329)
Luminance	0.4310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BDE1 #E16945

analogous

#45E1B7 #45BDE1 #456FE1

triadic

#45BDE1 #E145BD #BDE145

tetradic

#45BDE1 #B745E1 #E16945 #6FE145

square

#45BDE1 #B745E1 #E16945 #6FE145

split-complementary

#45BDE1 #E1456F #E1B745

monochromatic

#187794 #20A2C8 #45BDE1 #7AD0E9 #AEE2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#45BDE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#45BDE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BDE1

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BDE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BDE1	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B8E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A9E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bde1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 189, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.116 221.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd1ea',
    500: '#45bde1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bde1;
$custom-light: #8bd1ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bde1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.846,
    "s": 72.222,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74642,
    "c": 0.11623,
    "h": 221.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BDE1

secondary

#E0B0A2

accent

#6339EF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BDE1

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

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