#45859b

Color #45859b

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 14.03 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 6.4

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Conversions

HEX

#45859b

RGB

rgb(69, 133, 155)

HSL

hsl(195.3, 38.4%, 43.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(195.3, 55.5%, 60.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(55.5%, 14.2%, 0%, 39.2%)

LAB

lab(52.29, -14.01, -18.02)

LCH

lch(52.29, 22.83, 232.14)

OKLCH

oklch(58.3%, 0.0736, 222.8)

HWB

hwb(195.3, 27.1%, 39.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9b5b45

Analogous

#459b86

#45859b

#455a9b

Triadic

#45859b

#9b4585

#859b45

Split-complementary

#45859b

#9b455a

#9b8645

Tetradic

#45859b

#5b459b

#9b5b45

#859b45

Square

#45859b

#86459b

#9b5b45

#5a9b45

Shades

Color #45859b mixed toward black.

#396f81

#2e5967

#22434d

#172c34

#0b161a

Tints

Color #45859b mixed toward white.

#5a9eb6

#7bb2c4

#9cc5d3

#bdd8e2

#deecf0

Tones

Color #45859b mixed toward gray.

#4c8194

#537e8d

#5a7a85

#62777e

#697377

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.13:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.08:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.08:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#676796 · ΔE 21.3

Deuteranopia

#635e95 · ΔE 22.8

Tritanopia

#4a9291 · ΔE 11

Achromatopsia

#7d7d7d · ΔE 16.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #45859b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#45859b]

Related colors

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#45859b (#45859b) is rgb(69, 133, 155) in RGB.

No, #45859b is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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