#45A0DF#45A0DF

#45A0DF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.127 H 242.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A0DF
RGB	rgb(69, 160, 223)
HSL	hsl(205, 71%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(205, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 28.3%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.12, -7.00, -39.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.12, 40.38, 260.01°)
OKLab	oklab(67.84% -0.059 -0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(67.84% 0.127 242.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.3392, 31.7314, 74.4290)
Luminance	0.3174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A0DF #DF8445

analogous

#45DFD1 #45A0DF #4553DF

triadic

#45A0DF #DF45A0 #A0DF45

tetradic

#45A0DF #D145DF #DF8445 #53DF45

square

#45A0DF #D145DF #DF8445 #53DF45

split-complementary

#45A0DF #DF4553 #DFD145

monochromatic

#196091 #2282C5 #45A0DF #79BBE8 #ADD5F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#45A0DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#45A0DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A0DF

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A0DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A0DF	1.00	2.86	7.35	7.35
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83A1E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E92DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a0df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 160, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.127 242.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abbe9',
    500: '#45a0df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a0df;
$custom-light: #8abbe9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a0df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.545,
    "s": 70.642,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67844,
    "c": 0.12683,
    "h": 242.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A0DF

secondary

#DFBAA1

accent

#843AED

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F6FD

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A0DF

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

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