#45d9ff

Color #45d9ff

A vivid, highly saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 14.58 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-400 #00d3f2 · ΔE 3.6

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Conversions

HEX

#45d9ff

RGB

rgb(69, 217, 255)

HSL

hsl(192.3, 100%, 63.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(192.3, 72.9%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(72.9%, 14.9%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(80.8, -26.64, -29.7)

LCH

lch(80.8, 39.9, 228.11)

OKLCH

oklch(82.4%, 0.1318, 219.03)

HWB

hwb(192.3, 27.1%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ff6b45

Analogous

#45ffc8

#45d9ff

#457cff

Triadic

#45d9ff

#ff45d9

#d9ff45

Split-complementary

#45d9ff

#ff457c

#ffc845

Tetradic

#45d9ff

#6b45ff

#ff6b45

#d9ff45

Square

#45d9ff

#c845ff

#ff6b45

#7cff45

Shades

Color #45d9ff mixed toward black.

#0fceff

#00acd8

#0081a2

#00566c

#002b36

Tints

Color #45d9ff mixed toward white.

#64dfff

#83e6ff

#a2ecff

#c1f2ff

#e0f9ff

Tones

Color #45d9ff mixed toward gray.

#54d0ef

#64c7e0

#73bdd0

#83b4c1

#92abb1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.66:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.62:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.62:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9c9ef7 · ΔE 28.4

Deuteranopia

#9489f4 · ΔE 32.4

Tritanopia

#55f0ee · ΔE 13.8

Achromatopsia

#c9c9c9 · ΔE 22.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #45d9ff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#45d9ff]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Frequently asked questions

#45d9ff (#45d9ff) is rgb(69, 217, 255) in RGB.

No, #45d9ff 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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