#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
RGB	rgb(69, 168, 214)
HSL	hsl(199, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(199, 68%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 21.5%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.06, -14.38, -31.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.06, 34.87, 245.64°)
OKLab	oklab(69.26% -0.0699 -0.0891)
OKLCH	oklch(69.26% 0.113 231.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.5897, 34.1224, 68.6848)
Luminance	0.3413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##45A8D6	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A8D6

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

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