#45AAD5#45AAD5

#45AAD5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.112 H 229.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45AAD5
RGB	rgb(69, 170, 213)
HSL	hsl(198, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(198, 68%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 20.2%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.60, -15.78, -30.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.60, 34.23, 242.55°)
OKLab	oklab(69.68% -0.0723 -0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(69.68% 0.112 229.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.8344, 34.8156, 68.1383)
Luminance	0.3482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45AAD5 #D57045

analogous

#45D5B8 #45AAD5 #4562D5

triadic

#45AAD5 #D545AA #AAD545

tetradic

#45AAD5 #B845D5 #D57045 #62D545

square

#45AAD5 #B845D5 #D57045 #62D545

split-complementary

#45AAD5 #D54562 #D5B845

monochromatic

#1D6482 #298AB4 #45AAD5 #77C1E0 #A9D8EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#45AAD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#45AAD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45AAD5

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45AAD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45AAD5	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A7D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8099D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45aad5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 170, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.112 229.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c3e2',
    500: '#45aad5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45aad5;
$custom-light: #89c3e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45aad5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.917,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6968,
    "c": 0.11164,
    "h": 229.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45AAD5

secondary

#D9AF9D

accent

#7342E6

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #45AAD5

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

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