#45a9ca

Color #45a9ca

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 15.4 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 4.9

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Conversions

HEX

#45a9ca

RGB

rgb(69, 169, 202)

HSL

hsl(194.9, 55.6%, 53.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(194.9, 65.8%, 79.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(65.8%, 16.3%, 0%, 20.8%)

LAB

lab(64.89, -18.75, -25.39)

LCH

lch(64.89, 31.56, 233.55)

OKLCH

oklch(69%, 0.1034, 223.28)

HWB

hwb(194.9, 27.1%, 20.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ca6645

Analogous

#45caa8

#45a9ca

#4566ca

Triadic

#45a9ca

#ca45a9

#a9ca45

Split-complementary

#45a9ca

#ca4566

#caa845

Tetradic

#45a9ca

#6645ca

#ca6645

#a9ca45

Square

#45a9ca

#a845ca

#ca6645

#66ca45

Shades

Color #45a9ca mixed toward black.

#3290b0

#28748c

#1e5769

#143a46

#0a1d23

Tints

Color #45a9ca mixed toward white.

#64b7d3

#83c6dc

#a2d4e4

#c1e2ed

#e0f1f6

Tones

Color #45a9ca mixed toward gray.

#50a3bf

#5b9eb4

#6698a9

#71939e

#7c8d92

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.7:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.78:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.78:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7d7ec3 · ΔE 23.8

Deuteranopia

#7770c1 · ΔE 26.7

Tritanopia

#4ebdbb · ΔE 13.9

Achromatopsia

#9d9d9d · ΔE 20.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #45a9ca;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#45a9ca]

Related colors

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#45a9ca (#45a9ca) is rgb(69, 169, 202) in RGB.

No, #45a9ca is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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