#45BFDB#45BFDB

#45BFDB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.113 H 216.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BFDB
RGB	rgb(69, 191, 219)
HSL	hsl(191, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(191, 68%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 12.8%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.99, -24.78, -23.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.99, 34.40, 223.91°)
OKLab	oklab(74.87% -0.091 -0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(74.87% 0.113 216.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.8659, 43.6375, 73.6421)
Luminance	0.4364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BFDB #DB6145

analogous

#45DBAC #45BFDB #4574DB

triadic

#45BFDB #DB45BF #BFDB45

tetradic

#45BFDB #AC45DB #DB6145 #74DB45

square

#45BFDB #AC45DB #DB6145 #74DB45

split-complementary

#45BFDB #DB4574 #DBAC45

monochromatic

#1B768B #25A1BE #45BFDB #78D1E5 #ACE2EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#45BFDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#45BFDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BFDB

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BFDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BFDB	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB9DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97AADB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bfdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 191, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.113 216.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd2e6',
    500: '#45bfdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bfdb;
$custom-light: #8bd2e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bfdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.2,
    "s": 67.568,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74865,
    "c": 0.11271,
    "h": 216.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BFDB

secondary

#DDAB9F

accent

#5E3DEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BFDB

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

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