#45A3D8#45A3D8

#45A3D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.118 H 236.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A3D8
RGB	rgb(69, 163, 216)
HSL	hsl(202, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(202, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 24.5%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.68, -11.01, -35.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.68, 36.70, 252.55°)
OKLab	oklab(68.19% -0.0642 -0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(68.19% 0.118 236.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.9413, 32.4144, 69.7365)
Luminance	0.3242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A3D8 #D87A45

analogous

#45D8C4 #45A3D8 #4559D8

triadic

#45A3D8 #D845A3 #A3D845

tetradic

#45A3D8 #C445D8 #D87A45 #59D845

square

#45A3D8 #C445D8 #D87A45 #59D845

split-complementary

#45A3D8 #D84559 #D8C445

monochromatic

#1C6086 #2784B9 #45A3D8 #78BCE3 #AAD5ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#45A3D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.48

#45A3D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A3D8

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A3D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A3D8	1.00	2.81	7.48	7.48
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA2DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7694D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a3d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 163, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.118 236.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bee4',
    500: '#45a3d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a3d8;
$custom-light: #89bee4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a3d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.633,
    "s": 65.333,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68191,
    "c": 0.11757,
    "h": 236.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A3D8

secondary

#DBB49E

accent

#7C40E8

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A3D8

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

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