#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
RGBrgb(69, 168, 217)
HSLhsl(200, 66%, 56%)
HSVhsv(200, 68%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(68.2%, 22.6%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(65.18, -13.41, -33.24)
CIE-LCHlch(65.18, 35.84, 248.03°)
OKLaboklab(69.4% -0.0689 -0.0933)
OKLCHoklch(69.4% 0.116 233.6)
XYZxyz(28.9763, 34.2771, 70.7212)
Luminance0.3428 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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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
##45A8D91.002.677.867.86
#FFFFFF2.671.0021.0021.00
#0000007.8621.001.001.00
##0000007.8621.001.001.00

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

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#45A8D9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva