#45A1D9#45A1D9

#45A1D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.120 H 238.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A1D9
RGB	rgb(69, 161, 217)
HSL	hsl(203, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(203, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 25.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.15, -9.57, -36.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.15, 37.64, 255.27°)
OKLab	oklab(67.78% -0.0619 -0.1025)
OKLCH	oklch(67.78% 0.12 238.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.7186, 31.7617, 70.3020)
Luminance	0.3176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A1D9 #D97D45

analogous

#45D9C7 #45A1D9 #4557D9

triadic

#45A1D9 #D945A1 #A1D945

tetradic

#45A1D9 #C745D9 #D97D45 #57D945

square

#45A1D9 #C745D9 #D97D45 #57D945

split-complementary

#45A1D9 #D94557 #D9C745

monochromatic

#1C5F88 #2682BB #45A1D9 #78BBE3 #ABD4EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#45A1D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#45A1D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A1D9

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A1D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A1D9	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)

#87A1DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7392D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a1d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 161, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.120 238.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bce5',
    500: '#45a1d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a1d9;
$custom-light: #89bce5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a1d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.703,
    "s": 66.071,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67777,
    "c": 0.11976,
    "h": 238.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A1D9

secondary

#DBB59E

accent

#7F3FE9

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F6FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A1D9

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

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