#45A2D8#45A2D8

#45A2D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.118 H 237.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A2D8
RGB	rgb(69, 162, 216)
HSL	hsl(202, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(202, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 25%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.39, -10.45, -35.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.39, 36.97, 253.58°)
OKLab	oklab(67.96% -0.0632 -0.0998)
OKLCH	oklch(67.96% 0.118 237.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.7644, 32.0607, 69.6775)
Luminance	0.3206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A2D8 #D87B45

analogous

#45D8C4 #45A2D8 #4558D8

triadic

#45A2D8 #D845A2 #A2D845

tetradic

#45A2D8 #C445D8 #D87B45 #58D845

square

#45A2D8 #C445D8 #D87B45 #58D845

split-complementary

#45A2D8 #D84558 #D8C445

monochromatic

#1C5F86 #2783B9 #45A2D8 #78BBE3 #AAD5ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#45A2D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.41

#45A2D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A2D8

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A2D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A2D8	1.00	2.83	7.41	7.41
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A2DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7593D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a2d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 162, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.118 237.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bde4',
    500: '#45a2d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a2d8;
$custom-light: #89bde4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a2d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.041,
    "s": 65.333,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6796,
    "c": 0.11814,
    "h": 237.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A2D8

secondary

#DBB49E

accent

#7E40E8

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A2D8

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

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