#45A9D6#45A9D6

#45A9D6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.113 H 231.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A9D6
RGB	rgb(69, 169, 214)
HSL	hsl(199, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(199, 68%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 21%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.35, -14.92, -31.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.35, 34.69, 244.52°)
OKLab	oklab(69.49% -0.0709 -0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(69.49% 0.113 231.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.7750, 34.4930, 68.7466)
Luminance	0.3450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A9D6 #D67245

analogous

#45D6BB #45A9D6 #4560D6

triadic

#45A9D6 #D645A9 #A9D645

tetradic

#45A9D6 #BB45D6 #D67245 #60D645

square

#45A9D6 #BB45D6 #D67245 #60D645

split-complementary

#45A9D6 #D64560 #D6BB45

monochromatic

#1D6484 #288AB6 #45A9D6 #77C0E1 #A9D7EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#45A9D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#45A9D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A9D6

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A9D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A9D6	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A7D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E98D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a9d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 169, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.113 231.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c2e2',
    500: '#45a9d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a9d6;
$custom-light: #89c2e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a9d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.621,
    "s": 63.877,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69491,
    "c": 0.11286,
    "h": 231.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A9D6

secondary

#DAB09D

accent

#7441E7

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A9D6

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

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