#45A0D8#45A0D8

#45A0D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.119 H 239.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A0D8
RGB	rgb(69, 160, 216)
HSL	hsl(203, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(203, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 25.9%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.81, -9.35, -36.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.81, 37.55, 255.59°)
OKLab	oklab(67.5% -0.0612 -0.1024)
OKLCH	oklch(67.5% 0.119 239.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.4149, 31.3617, 69.5610)
Luminance	0.3136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A0D8 #D87D45

analogous

#45D8C6 #45A0D8 #4556D8

triadic

#45A0D8 #D845A0 #A0D845

tetradic

#45A0D8 #C645D8 #D87D45 #56D845

square

#45A0D8 #C645D8 #D87D45 #56D845

split-complementary

#45A0D8 #D84556 #D8C645

monochromatic

#1C5E86 #2781B9 #45A0D8 #78BAE3 #AAD4ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#45A0D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#45A0D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A0D8

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A0D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A0D8	1.00	2.89	7.27	7.27
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A0DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7292D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a0d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 160, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.119 239.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bce4',
    500: '#45a0d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a0d8;
$custom-light: #89bce4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a0d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.857,
    "s": 65.333,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67499,
    "c": 0.11934,
    "h": 239.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A0D8

secondary

#DBB59E

accent

#8040E8

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A0D8

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

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