#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
RGB	rgb(69, 170, 217)
HSL	hsl(199, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(199, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 21.7%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.77, -14.49, -32.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.77, 35.43, 245.86°)
OKLab	oklab(69.86% -0.0709 -0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(69.86% 0.115 232)
XYZ	xyz(29.3484, 35.0212, 70.8452)
Luminance	0.3502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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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
##45AAD9	1.00	2.62	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #45AAD9

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

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