#45BFDE#45BFDE

#45BFDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.114 H 218.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BFDE
RGB	rgb(69, 191, 222)
HSL	hsl(192, 70%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(192, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 14%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.09, -23.86, -25.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.09, 34.79, 226.71°)
OKLab	oklab(74.99% -0.0899 -0.0706)
OKLCH	oklch(74.99% 0.114 218.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.2644, 43.7969, 75.7409)
Luminance	0.4380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BFDE #DE6445

analogous

#45DEB1 #45BFDE #4573DE

triadic

#45BFDE #DE45BF #BFDE45

tetradic

#45BFDE #B145DE #DE6445 #73DE45

square

#45BFDE #B145DE #DE6445 #73DE45

split-complementary

#45BFDE #DE4573 #DEB145

monochromatic

#19778F #23A3C3 #45BFDE #79D1E7 #ADE3F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#45BFDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#45BFDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BFDE

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BFDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BFDE	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBAE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96AADE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45bfde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 191, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.114 218.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd2e8',
    500: '#45bfde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45bfde;
$custom-light: #8bd2e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45bfde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.157,
    "s": 69.863,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74986,
    "c": 0.1143,
    "h": 218.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BFDE

secondary

#DFADA0

accent

#5F3BED

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BFDE

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

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