#45A9CD#45A9CD

#45A9CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.106 H 225.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A9CD
RGB	rgb(69, 169, 205)
HSL	hsl(196, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(196, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 17.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.00, -17.80, -26.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.00, 32.24, 236.48°)
OKLab	oklab(69.09% -0.0742 -0.0751)
OKLCH	oklch(69.09% 0.106 225.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.6572, 34.0459, 62.8597)
Luminance	0.3405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A9CD #CD6945

analogous

#45CDAD #45A9CD #4565CD

triadic

#45A9CD #CD45A9 #A9CD45

tetradic

#45A9CD #AD45CD #CD6945 #65CD45

square

#45A9CD #AD45CD #CD6945 #65CD45

split-complementary

#45A9CD #CD4565 #CDAD45

monochromatic

#206077 #2D87A8 #45A9CD #75BFDA #A5D6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#45A9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#45A9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A9CD

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A9CD	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A6CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8298CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 169, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.106 225.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c2dc',
    500: '#45a9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a9cd;
$custom-light: #88c2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.882,
    "s": 57.627,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69093,
    "c": 0.10557,
    "h": 225.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A9CD

secondary

#D4A99A

accent

#7047E1

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A9CD

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

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