#45A8D9#45A8D9

#45A8D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.116 H 233.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A8D9
RGB	rgb(69, 168, 217)
HSL	hsl(200, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(200, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 22.6%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.18, -13.41, -33.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.18, 35.84, 248.03°)
OKLab	oklab(69.4% -0.0689 -0.0933)
OKLCH	oklch(69.4% 0.116 233.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.9763, 34.2771, 70.7212)
Luminance	0.3428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A8D9 #D97645

analogous

#45D9C0 #45A8D9 #455ED9

triadic

#45A8D9 #D945A8 #A8D945

tetradic

#45A8D9 #C045D9 #D97645 #5ED945

square

#45A8D9 #C045D9 #D97645 #5ED945

split-complementary

#45A8D9 #D9455E #D9C045

monochromatic

#1C6488 #2689BB #45A8D9 #78C0E3 #ABD8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#45A8D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#45A8D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A8D9

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A8D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A8D9	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A6DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C98D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a8d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 168, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.116 233.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c1e5',
    500: '#45a8d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a8d9;
$custom-light: #89c1e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a8d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.865,
    "s": 66.071,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69396,
    "c": 0.11598,
    "h": 233.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A8D9

secondary

#DBB39E

accent

#773FE9

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F7FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A8D9

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

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