#45A8D1#45A8D1

#45A8D1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.109 H 228.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A8D1
RGB	rgb(69, 168, 209)
HSL	hsl(198, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(198, 67%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 19.6%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.86, -16.00, -29.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.86, 33.39, 241.38°)
OKLab	oklab(69.03% -0.0717 -0.0821)
OKLCH	oklch(69.03% 0.109 228.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.9609, 33.8709, 65.3734)
Luminance	0.3387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A8D1 #D16E45

analogous

#45D1B4 #45A8D1 #4562D1

triadic

#45A8D1 #D145A8 #A8D145

tetradic

#45A8D1 #B445D1 #D16E45 #62D145

square

#45A8D1 #B445D1 #D16E45 #62D145

split-complementary

#45A8D1 #D14562 #D1B445

monochromatic

#1F617D #2B88AE #45A8D1 #76BFDD #A7D6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#45A8D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#45A8D1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A8D1

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A8D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A8D1	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)

#93A5D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F97D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a8d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 168, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.109 228.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c2df',
    500: '#45a8d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a8d1;
$custom-light: #88c2df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a8d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.571,
    "s": 60.345,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69033,
    "c": 0.10896,
    "h": 228.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A8D1

secondary

#D7AD9B

accent

#7344E3

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A8D1

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

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