#45A9D9#45A9D9

#45A9D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.116 H 232.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A9D9
RGB	rgb(69, 169, 217)
HSL	hsl(199, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(199, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 22.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.47, -13.95, -32.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.47, 35.63, 246.95°)
OKLab	oklab(69.63% -0.0699 -0.092)
OKLCH	oklch(69.63% 0.116 232.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.1616, 34.6477, 70.7830)
Luminance	0.3465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A9D9 #D97545

analogous

#45D9BF #45A9D9 #455FD9

triadic

#45A9D9 #D945A9 #A9D945

tetradic

#45A9D9 #BF45D9 #D97545 #5FD945

square

#45A9D9 #BF45D9 #D97545 #5FD945

split-complementary

#45A9D9 #D9455F #D9BF45

monochromatic

#1C6588 #268ABB #45A9D9 #78C0E3 #ABD8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#45A9D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#45A9D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A9D9

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A9D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A9D9	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A7DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D99D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a9d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 169, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.116 232.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c2e5',
    500: '#45a9d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a9d9;
$custom-light: #89c2e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a9d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.459,
    "s": 66.071,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69628,
    "c": 0.11553,
    "h": 232.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A9D9

secondary

#DBB29E

accent

#763FE9

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F7FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A9D9

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

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