#45A4D9#45A4D9

#45A4D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.118 H 236.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A4D9
RGB	rgb(69, 164, 217)
HSL	hsl(201, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(201, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 24.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.02, -11.22, -35.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.02, 36.80, 252.24°)
OKLab	oklab(68.47% -0.0649 -0.0986)
OKLCH	oklch(68.47% 0.118 236.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.2492, 32.8228, 70.4788)
Luminance	0.3283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A4D9 #D97A45

analogous

#45D9C4 #45A4D9 #455AD9

triadic

#45A4D9 #D945A4 #A4D945

tetradic

#45A4D9 #C445D9 #D97A45 #5AD945

square

#45A4D9 #C445D9 #D97A45 #5AD945

split-complementary

#45A4D9 #D9455A #D9C445

monochromatic

#1C6188 #2685BB #45A4D9 #78BDE3 #ABD6EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#45A4D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#45A4D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A4D9

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A4D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A4D9	1.00	2.78	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA3DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7795D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a4d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 164, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.118 236.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bee5',
    500: '#45a4d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a4d9;
$custom-light: #89bee5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a4d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.486,
    "s": 66.071,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68469,
    "c": 0.11801,
    "h": 236.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A4D9

secondary

#DBB49E

accent

#7C3FE9

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F6FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A4D9

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

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