#45AAD0#45AAD0

#45AAD0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.108 H 226.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45AAD0
RGB	rgb(69, 170, 208)
HSL	hsl(196, 60%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(196, 67%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 18.3%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.41, -17.38, -27.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.41, 32.88, 238.09°)
OKLab	oklab(69.46% -0.0741 -0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(69.46% 0.108 226.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.2096, 34.5657, 64.8474)
Luminance	0.3457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45AAD0 #D06B45

analogous

#45D0B1 #45AAD0 #4565D0

triadic

#45AAD0 #D045AA #AAD045

tetradic

#45AAD0 #B145D0 #D06B45 #65D045

square

#45AAD0 #B145D0 #D06B45 #65D045

split-complementary

#45AAD0 #D04565 #D0B145

monochromatic

#1F627B #2C89AC #45AAD0 #76C0DC #A7D7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#45AAD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#45AAD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45AAD0

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45AAD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45AAD0	1.00	2.65	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A7D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8299D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45aad0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 170, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.108 226.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c3de',
    500: '#45aad0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45aad0;
$custom-light: #88c3de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45aad0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.403,
    "s": 59.657,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69459,
    "c": 0.10761,
    "h": 226.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45AAD0

secondary

#D6AB9B

accent

#7045E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #45AAD0

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

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