#45A6D8#45A6D8

#45A6D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.116 H 234.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A6D8
RGB	rgb(69, 166, 216)
HSL	hsl(200, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(200, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 23.1%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.56, -12.65, -33.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.56, 35.95, 249.40°)
OKLab	oklab(68.88% -0.0672 -0.0945)
OKLCH	oklch(68.88% 0.116 234.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.4803, 33.4924, 69.9161)
Luminance	0.3350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A6D8 #D87745

analogous

#45D8C0 #45A6D8 #455CD8

triadic

#45A6D8 #D845A6 #A6D845

tetradic

#45A6D8 #C045D8 #D87745 #5CD845

square

#45A6D8 #C045D8 #D87745 #5CD845

split-complementary

#45A6D8 #D8455C #D8C045

monochromatic

#1C6286 #2787B9 #45A6D8 #78BEE3 #AAD6ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#45A6D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#45A6D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A6D8

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A6D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A6D8	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA5DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A96D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a6d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 166, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.116 234.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c0e4',
    500: '#45a6d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a6d8;
$custom-light: #89c0e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a6d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.408,
    "s": 65.333,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68885,
    "c": 0.116,
    "h": 234.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A6D8

secondary

#DBB39E

accent

#7940E8

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A6D8

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

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