#45A8DC#45A8DC

#45A8DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.119 H 235.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A8DC
RGB	rgb(69, 168, 220)
HSL	hsl(201, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(201, 69%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 23.6%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.31, -12.42, -34.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.31, 36.86, 250.30°)
OKLab	oklab(69.54% -0.0678 -0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(69.54% 0.119 235.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.3701, 34.4346, 72.7949)
Luminance	0.3444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A8DC #DC7945

analogous

#45DCC4 #45A8DC #455DDC

triadic

#45A8DC #DC45A8 #A8DC45

tetradic

#45A8DC #C445DC #DC7945 #5DDC45

square

#45A8DC #C445DC #DC7945 #5DDC45

split-complementary

#45A8DC #DC455D #DCC445

monochromatic

#1A658C #248AC0 #45A8DC #79C0E6 #ACD8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#45A8DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#45A8DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A8DC

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A8DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A8DC	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA7DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A98DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a8dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 168, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.119 235.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac1e7',
    500: '#45a8dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a8dc;
$custom-light: #8ac1e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a8dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.662,
    "s": 68.326,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69536,
    "c": 0.11882,
    "h": 235.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A8DC

secondary

#DDB5A0

accent

#793DEB

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F7FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A8DC

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

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