#45AAD6#45AAD6

#45AAD6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.112 H 230.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45AAD6
RGB	rgb(69, 170, 214)
HSL	hsl(198, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(198, 68%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 20.6%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.64, -15.46, -30.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.64, 34.52, 243.40°)
OKLab	oklab(69.72% -0.0719 -0.0865)
OKLCH	oklch(69.72% 0.112 230.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.9617, 34.8665, 68.8089)
Luminance	0.3487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45AAD6 #D67145

analogous

#45D6BA #45AAD6 #4561D6

triadic

#45AAD6 #D645AA #AAD645

tetradic

#45AAD6 #BA45D6 #D67145 #61D645

square

#45AAD6 #BA45D6 #D67145 #61D645

split-complementary

#45AAD6 #D64561 #D6BA45

monochromatic

#1D6484 #288BB6 #45AAD6 #77C1E1 #A9D8EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#45AAD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#45AAD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45AAD6

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45AAD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45AAD6	1.00	2.63	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A8D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8099D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45aad6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 170, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.112 230.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c3e2',
    500: '#45aad6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45aad6;
$custom-light: #89c3e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45aad6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.207,
    "s": 63.877,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69724,
    "c": 0.11249,
    "h": 230.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45AAD6

secondary

#DAB09D

accent

#7341E7

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #45AAD6

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

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