#45AADE#45AADE

#45AADE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.120 H 234.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45AADE
RGB	rgb(69, 170, 222)
HSL	hsl(200, 70%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(200, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 23.4%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.97, -12.85, -34.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.97, 37.07, 249.71°)
OKLab	oklab(70.09% -0.0691 -0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(70.09% 0.12 234.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.0086, 35.2853, 74.3223)
Luminance	0.3529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#45AADE #DE7945

analogous

#45DEC5 #45AADE #455EDE

triadic

#45AADE #DE45AA #AADE45

tetradic

#45AADE #C545DE #DE7945 #5EDE45

square

#45AADE #C545DE #DE7945 #5EDE45

split-complementary

#45AADE #DE455E #DEC545

monochromatic

#19678F #238DC3 #45AADE #79C2E7 #ADDAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#45AADE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#45AADE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45AADE

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45AADE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45AADE	1.00	2.61	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A9E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C9ADD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45aade;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 170, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.120 234.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac3e8',
    500: '#45aade',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45aade;
$custom-light: #8ac3e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45aade",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.392,
    "s": 69.863,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70091,
    "c": 0.11971,
    "h": 234.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45AADE

secondary

#DFB5A0

accent

#773BED

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F7FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #45AADE

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

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