#45A8D6#45A8D6

#45A8D6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.113 H 231.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#45A8D6
RGBrgb(69, 168, 214)
HSLhsl(199, 64%, 55%)
HSVhsv(199, 68%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(67.8%, 21.5%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LABlab(65.06, -14.38, -31.77)
CIE-LCHlch(65.06, 34.87, 245.64°)
OKLaboklab(69.26% -0.0699 -0.0891)
OKLCHoklch(69.26% 0.113 231.9)
XYZxyz(28.5897, 34.1224, 68.6848)
Luminance0.3413 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#45A8D6 #D67345
analogous
#45D6BB #45A8D6 #4560D6
triadic
#45A8D6 #D645A8 #A8D645
tetradic
#45A8D6 #BB45D6 #D67345 #60D645
square
#45A8D6 #BB45D6 #D67345 #60D645
split-complementary
#45A8D6 #D64560 #D6BB45
monochromatic
#1D6384 #2889B6 #45A8D6 #77BFE1 #A9D7EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68
#45A8D6 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83
#45A8D6 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A8D6
7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##45A8D6#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##45A8D61.002.687.837.83
#FFFFFF2.681.0021.0021.00
#0000007.8321.001.001.00
##0000007.8321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#91A6D8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7D98D5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B4B7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #45a8d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 168, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.113 231.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c1e2',
    500: '#45a8d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #45a8d6;
$custom-light: #89c1e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#45a8d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.034,
    "s": 63.877,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69258,
    "c": 0.11326,
    "h": 231.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#45A8D6
secondary
#DAB09D
accent
#7641E7
background
#F9FBFD
surface
#F1F7FB
border
#CBD0D4
text
#0D1215
muted
#7E8183

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#45A8D6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva