#45AAD9#45AAD9

#45AAD9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.115 H 232.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#45AAD9
RGBrgb(69, 170, 217)
HSLhsl(199, 66%, 56%)
HSVhsv(199, 68%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(68.2%, 21.7%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(65.77, -14.49, -32.33)
CIE-LCHlch(65.77, 35.43, 245.86°)
OKLaboklab(69.86% -0.0709 -0.0907)
OKLCHoklch(69.86% 0.115 232)
XYZxyz(29.3484, 35.0212, 70.8452)
Luminance0.3502 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#45AAD9 #D97445
analogous
#45D9BE #45AAD9 #4560D9
triadic
#45AAD9 #D945AA #AAD945
tetradic
#45AAD9 #BE45D9 #D97445 #60D945
square
#45AAD9 #BE45D9 #D97445 #60D945
split-complementary
#45AAD9 #D94560 #D9BE45
monochromatic
#1C6688 #268BBB #45AAD9 #78C1E3 #ABD8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62
#45AAD9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00
#45AAD9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45AAD9
8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##45AAD9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##45AAD91.002.628.008.00
#FFFFFF2.621.0021.0021.00
#0000008.0021.001.001.00
##0000008.0021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#93A8DB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7E99D8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B7BA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #45aad9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 170, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.115 232.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c3e5',
    500: '#45aad9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #45aad9;
$custom-light: #89c3e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#45aad9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.054,
    "s": 66.071,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6986,
    "c": 0.11511,
    "h": 232
  },
  "luminance": 0.35024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#45AAD9
secondary
#DBB29E
accent
#753FE9
background
#F9FBFE
surface
#F1F7FC
border
#CBD0D5
text
#0D1215
muted
#7E8184

Preview Lab

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#45AAD9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva