#45A8D0#45A8D0

#45A8D0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.108 H 228.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A8D0
RGB	rgb(69, 168, 208)
HSL	hsl(197, 60%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(197, 67%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 19.2%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.82, -16.32, -28.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.82, 33.12, 240.48°)
OKLab	oklab(68.99% -0.072 -0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(68.99% 0.108 228.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.8375, 33.8215, 64.7234)
Luminance	0.3382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A8D0 #D06D45

analogous

#45D0B3 #45A8D0 #4563D0

triadic

#45A8D0 #D045A8 #A8D045

tetradic

#45A8D0 #B345D0 #D06D45 #63D045

square

#45A8D0 #B345D0 #D06D45 #63D045

split-complementary

#45A8D0 #D04563 #D0B345

monochromatic

#1F617B #2C87AC #45A8D0 #76BFDC #A7D6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#45A8D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#45A8D0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A8D0

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A8D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A8D0	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A5D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8097CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a8d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 168, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.108 228.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c2de',
    500: '#45a8d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a8d0;
$custom-light: #88c2de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a8d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.266,
    "s": 59.657,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68988,
    "c": 0.10815,
    "h": 228.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A8D0

secondary

#D6AC9B

accent

#7245E3

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A8D0

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

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