#45A5D0#45A5D0

#45A5D0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.109 H 230.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A5D0
RGB	rgb(69, 165, 208)
HSL	hsl(199, 60%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(199, 67%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 20.7%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.94, -14.71, -30.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.94, 33.57, 244.02°)
OKLab	oklab(68.29% -0.069 -0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(68.29% 0.109 230.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.2900, 32.7266, 64.5409)
Luminance	0.3273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A5D0 #D07045

analogous

#45D0B6 #45A5D0 #4560D0

triadic

#45A5D0 #D045A5 #A5D045

tetradic

#45A5D0 #B645D0 #D07045 #60D045

square

#45A5D0 #B645D0 #D07045 #60D045

split-complementary

#45A5D0 #D04560 #D0B645

monochromatic

#1F5F7B #2C84AC #45A5D0 #76BDDC #A7D4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#45A5D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#45A5D0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A5D0

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A5D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A5D0	1.00	2.78	7.55	7.55
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA3D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C95CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a5d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 165, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.109 230.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bfde',
    500: '#45a5d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a5d0;
$custom-light: #88bfde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a5d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.561,
    "s": 59.657,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68285,
    "c": 0.10914,
    "h": 230.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A5D0

secondary

#D6AD9B

accent

#7645E3

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A5D0

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

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