#45A9D5#45A9D5

#45A9D5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.112 H 230.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A9D5
RGB	rgb(69, 169, 213)
HSL	hsl(198, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(198, 68%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 20.7%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.31, -15.24, -30.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.31, 34.39, 243.69°)
OKLab	oklab(69.45% -0.0713 -0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(69.45% 0.112 230.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.6477, 34.4421, 68.0761)
Luminance	0.3444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A9D5 #D57145

analogous

#45D5B9 #45A9D5 #4561D5

triadic

#45A9D5 #D545A9 #A9D545

tetradic

#45A9D5 #B945D5 #D57145 #61D545

square

#45A9D5 #B945D5 #D57145 #61D545

split-complementary

#45A9D5 #D54561 #D5B945

monochromatic

#1D6382 #298AB4 #45A9D5 #77C0E0 #A9D7EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#45A9D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#45A9D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A9D5

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A9D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A9D5	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)

#93A7D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F98D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a9d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 169, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.112 230.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c2e2',
    500: '#45a9d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a9d5;
$custom-light: #89c2e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a9d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.333,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69446,
    "c": 0.112,
    "h": 230.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A9D5

secondary

#D9AF9D

accent

#7442E6

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A9D5

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →