#45A3D9#45A3D9

#45A3D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.119 H 237.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A3D9
RGB	rgb(69, 163, 217)
HSL	hsl(202, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(202, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 24.9%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.73, -10.68, -35.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.73, 37.07, 253.26°)
OKLab	oklab(68.24% -0.0639 -0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(68.24% 0.119 237.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.0709, 32.4663, 70.4194)
Luminance	0.3247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A3D9 #D97B45

analogous

#45D9C5 #45A3D9 #4559D9

triadic

#45A3D9 #D945A3 #A3D945

tetradic

#45A3D9 #C545D9 #D97B45 #59D945

square

#45A3D9 #C545D9 #D97B45 #59D945

split-complementary

#45A3D9 #D94559 #D9C545

monochromatic

#1C6088 #2684BB #45A3D9 #78BCE3 #ABD5EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#45A3D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#45A3D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A3D9

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A3D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A3D9	1.00	2.80	7.49	7.49
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA2DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7594D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a3d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 163, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.119 237.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bee5',
    500: '#45a3d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a3d9;
$custom-light: #89bee5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a3d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.892,
    "s": 66.071,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68239,
    "c": 0.11857,
    "h": 237.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A3D9

secondary

#DBB59E

accent

#7D3FE9

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F6FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A3D9

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

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