#45A8D5#45A8D5

#45A8D5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.112 H 231.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A8D5
RGB	rgb(69, 168, 213)
HSL	hsl(199, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(199, 68%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 21.1%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.02, -14.71, -31.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.02, 34.56, 244.82°)
OKLab	oklab(69.21% -0.0703 -0.0877)
OKLCH	oklch(69.21% 0.112 231.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.4624, 34.0715, 68.0143)
Luminance	0.3407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A8D5 #D57245

analogous

#45D5BA #45A8D5 #4560D5

triadic

#45A8D5 #D545A8 #A8D545

tetradic

#45A8D5 #BA45D5 #D57245 #60D545

square

#45A8D5 #BA45D5 #D57245 #60D545

split-complementary

#45A8D5 #D54560 #D5BA45

monochromatic

#1D6382 #2989B4 #45A8D5 #77BFE0 #A9D7EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#45A8D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#45A8D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A8D5

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A8D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A8D5	1.00	2.69	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A6D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E97D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a8d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 168, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.112 231.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c1e2',
    500: '#45a8d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a8d5;
$custom-light: #89c1e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a8d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.75,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69213,
    "c": 0.11237,
    "h": 231.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A8D5

secondary

#D9B09D

accent

#7542E6

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A8D5

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

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