#45A5D1#45A5D1

#45A5D1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.110 H 231.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#45A5D1
RGBrgb(69, 165, 209)
HSLhsl(199, 60%, 55%)
HSVhsv(199, 67%, 82%)
CMYKcmyk(67%, 21.1%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LABlab(63.98, -14.38, -30.67)
CIE-LCHlch(63.98, 33.88, 244.87°)
OKLaboklab(68.33% -0.0686 -0.086)
OKLCHoklch(68.33% 0.11 231.4)
XYZxyz(27.4135, 32.7760, 65.1909)
Luminance0.3278 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#45A5D1 #D17145
analogous
#45D1B7 #45A5D1 #455FD1
triadic
#45A5D1 #D145A5 #A5D145
tetradic
#45A5D1 #B745D1 #D17145 #5FD145
square
#45A5D1 #B745D1 #D17145 #5FD145
split-complementary
#45A5D1 #D1455F #D1B745
monochromatic
#1F5F7D #2B85AE #45A5D1 #76BDDD #A7D4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78
#45A5D1 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56
#45A5D1 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A5D1
7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##45A5D1#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##45A5D11.002.787.567.56
#FFFFFF2.781.0021.0021.00
#0000007.5621.001.001.00
##0000007.5621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#8FA3D3
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7C95D0
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B1B4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #45a5d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 165, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.110 231.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bfdf',
    500: '#45a5d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #45a5d1;
$custom-light: #88bfdf;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#45a5d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.857,
    "s": 60.345,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6833,
    "c": 0.11002,
    "h": 231.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#45A5D1
secondary
#D7AE9B
accent
#7644E3
background
#F9FBFD
surface
#F1F7FB
border
#CBD0D4
text
#0D1215
muted
#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A5D1

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#45A5D1 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva