#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
RGBrgb(69, 189, 225)
HSLhsl(194, 72%, 58%)
HSVhsv(194, 69%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(69.3%, 16%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LABlab(71.62, -21.90, -27.68)
CIE-LCHlch(71.62, 35.30, 231.65°)
OKLaboklab(74.64% -0.0868 -0.0773)
OKLCHoklch(74.64% 0.116 221.7)
XYZxyz(34.2369, 43.0928, 77.7329)
Luminance0.4310 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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
##45BDE11.002.189.629.62
#FFFFFF2.181.0021.0021.00
#0000009.6221.001.001.00
##0000009.6221.001.001.00

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

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#45BDE1 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva