#45A5D6#45A5D6

#45A5D6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.115 H 234.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A5D6
RGB	rgb(69, 165, 214)
HSL	hsl(200, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(200, 68%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 22.9%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.18, -12.76, -33.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.18, 35.50, 248.94°)
OKLab	oklab(68.56% -0.0669 -0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(68.56% 0.115 234.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.0422, 33.0275, 68.5024)
Luminance	0.3303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A5D6 #D67645

analogous

#45D6BF #45A5D6 #455CD6

triadic

#45A5D6 #D645A5 #A5D645

tetradic

#45A5D6 #BF45D6 #D67645 #5CD645

square

#45A5D6 #BF45D6 #D67645 #5CD645

split-complementary

#45A5D6 #D6455C #D6BF45

monochromatic

#1D6184 #2886B6 #45A5D6 #77BDE1 #A9D6EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#45A5D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#45A5D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A5D6

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A5D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A5D6	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA4D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7995D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a5d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 165, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.115 234.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bfe2',
    500: '#45a5d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a5d6;
$custom-light: #89bfe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a5d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.276,
    "s": 63.877,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6856,
    "c": 0.1146,
    "h": 234.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A5D6

secondary

#DAB29D

accent

#7941E7

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A5D6

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

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