#45AAD8#45AAD8

#45AAD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.114 H 231.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45AAD8
RGB	rgb(69, 170, 216)
HSL	hsl(199, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(199, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 21.3%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.72, -14.81, -31.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.72, 35.12, 245.06°)
OKLab	oklab(69.82% -0.0712 -0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(69.82% 0.114 231.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.2187, 34.9693, 70.1623)
Luminance	0.3497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45AAD8 #D87345

analogous

#45D8BD #45AAD8 #4560D8

triadic

#45AAD8 #D845AA #AAD845

tetradic

#45AAD8 #BD45D8 #D87345 #60D845

square

#45AAD8 #BD45D8 #D87345 #60D845

split-complementary

#45AAD8 #D84560 #D8BD45

monochromatic

#1C6586 #278BB9 #45AAD8 #78C1E3 #AAD8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#45AAD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.99

#45AAD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45AAD8

7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45AAD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45AAD8	1.00	2.63	7.99	7.99
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A8DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F99D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45aad8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 170, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.114 231.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c3e4',
    500: '#45aad8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45aad8;
$custom-light: #89c3e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45aad8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.776,
    "s": 65.333,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69815,
    "c": 0.11422,
    "h": 231.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45AAD8

secondary

#DBB19E

accent

#7440E8

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #45AAD8

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

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