#45A3D6#45A3D6

#45A3D6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.116 H 235.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A3D6
RGB	rgb(69, 163, 214)
HSL	hsl(201, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(201, 68%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 23.8%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.60, -11.66, -34.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.60, 35.98, 251.08°)
OKLab	oklab(68.1% -0.0649 -0.0957)
OKLCH	oklch(68.1% 0.116 235.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.6843, 32.3116, 68.3830)
Luminance	0.3231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A3D6 #D67845

analogous

#45D6C0 #45A3D6 #455BD6

triadic

#45A3D6 #D645A3 #A3D645

tetradic

#45A3D6 #C045D6 #D67845 #5BD645

square

#45A3D6 #C045D6 #D67845 #5BD645

split-complementary

#45A3D6 #D6455B #D6C045

monochromatic

#1D6084 #2884B6 #45A3D6 #77BCE1 #A9D5EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#45A3D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#45A3D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A3D6

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A3D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A3D6	1.00	2.81	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA2D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7794D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a3d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 163, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.116 235.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bee2',
    500: '#45a3d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a3d6;
$custom-light: #88bee2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a3d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.103,
    "s": 63.877,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68096,
    "c": 0.11559,
    "h": 235.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A3D6

secondary

#DAB29D

accent

#7B41E7

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A3D6

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

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