#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
RGB	rgb(69, 165, 209)
HSL	hsl(199, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(199, 67%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 21.1%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.98, -14.38, -30.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.98, 33.88, 244.87°)
OKLab	oklab(68.33% -0.0686 -0.086)
OKLCH	oklch(68.33% 0.11 231.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.4135, 32.7760, 65.1909)
Luminance	0.3278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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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
##45A5D1	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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