#45A6DA#45A6DA

#45A6DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.118 H 235.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A6DA
RGB	rgb(69, 166, 218)
HSL	hsl(201, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(201, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 23.9%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.64, -11.99, -34.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.64, 36.65, 250.90°)
OKLab	oklab(68.98% -0.0665 -0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(68.98% 0.118 235.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.7404, 33.5965, 71.2862)
Luminance	0.3360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A6DA #DA7945

analogous

#45DAC4 #45A6DA #455CDA

triadic

#45A6DA #DA45A6 #A6DA45

tetradic

#45A6DA #C445DA #DA7945 #5CDA45

square

#45A6DA #C445DA #DA7945 #5CDA45

split-complementary

#45A6DA #DA455C #DAC445

monochromatic

#1B6389 #2588BC #45A6DA #78BEE4 #ABD7EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#45A6DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#45A6DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A6DA

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A6DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A6DA	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA5DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7996D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a6da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 166, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.118 235.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c0e5',
    500: '#45a6da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a6da;
$custom-light: #89c0e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a6da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.94,
    "s": 66.816,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68979,
    "c": 0.11792,
    "h": 235.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A6DA

secondary

#DCB49F

accent

#7A3EEA

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F7FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A6DA

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

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