#45A0D9#45A0D9

#45A0D9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.120 H 239.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A0D9
RGB	rgb(69, 160, 217)
HSL	hsl(203, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(203, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 26.3%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.86, -9.01, -36.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.86, 37.94, 256.26°)
OKLab	oklab(67.55% -0.0609 -0.1038)
OKLCH	oklch(67.55% 0.12 239.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.5446, 31.4136, 70.2440)
Luminance	0.3142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A0D9 #D97E45

analogous

#45D9C8 #45A0D9 #4556D9

triadic

#45A0D9 #D945A0 #A0D945

tetradic

#45A0D9 #C845D9 #D97E45 #56D945

square

#45A0D9 #C845D9 #D97E45 #56D945

split-complementary

#45A0D9 #D94556 #D9C845

monochromatic

#1C5E88 #2681BB #45A0D9 #78BAE3 #ABD4EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#45A0D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#45A0D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A0D9

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A0D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A0D9	1.00	2.88	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A0DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7192D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a0d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 160, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.120 239.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bce5',
    500: '#45a0d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a0d9;
$custom-light: #89bce5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a0d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.108,
    "s": 66.071,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67547,
    "c": 0.12039,
    "h": 239.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A0D9

secondary

#DBB69E

accent

#803FE9

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F6FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A0D9

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

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