#45A0D6#45A0D6

#45A0D6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.117 H 238.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A0D6
RGB	rgb(69, 160, 214)
HSL	hsl(202, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(202, 68%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 25.2%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.73, -10.01, -35.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.73, 36.78, 254.21°)
OKLab	oklab(67.4% -0.0619 -0.0996)
OKLCH	oklch(67.4% 0.117 238.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.1579, 31.2589, 68.2076)
Luminance	0.3126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A0D6 #D67B45

analogous

#45D6C4 #45A0D6 #4557D6

triadic

#45A0D6 #D645A0 #A0D645

tetradic

#45A0D6 #C445D6 #D67B45 #57D645

square

#45A0D6 #C445D6 #D67B45 #57D645

split-complementary

#45A0D6 #D64557 #D6C445

monochromatic

#1D5D84 #2881B6 #45A0D6 #77BAE1 #A9D3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#45A0D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#45A0D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A0D6

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A0D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A0D6	1.00	2.90	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A0D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7391D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a0d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 160, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.117 238.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bce3',
    500: '#45a0d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a0d6;
$custom-light: #88bce3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a0d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.345,
    "s": 63.877,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67402,
    "c": 0.11727,
    "h": 238.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A0D6

secondary

#DAB49D

accent

#7F41E7

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A0D6

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

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