#45ABD1#45ABD1

#45ABD1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.108 H 226.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45ABD1
RGB	rgb(69, 171, 209)
HSL	hsl(196, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(196, 67%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 18.2%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.74, -17.59, -27.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.74, 33.03, 237.81°)
OKLab	oklab(69.74% -0.0747 -0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(69.74% 0.108 226.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.5212, 34.9914, 65.5601)
Luminance	0.3499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45ABD1 #D16B45

analogous

#45D1B1 #45ABD1 #4565D1

triadic

#45ABD1 #D145AB #ABD145

tetradic

#45ABD1 #B145D1 #D16B45 #65D145

square

#45ABD1 #B145D1 #D16B45 #65D145

split-complementary

#45ABD1 #D14565 #D1B145

monochromatic

#1F637D #2B8AAE #45ABD1 #76C1DD #A7D7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#45ABD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#45ABD1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45ABD1

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45ABD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45ABD1	1.00	2.63	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.63	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)

#96A8D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8399D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45abd1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 171, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.108 226.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c4df',
    500: '#45abd1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45abd1;
$custom-light: #88c4df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45abd1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.286,
    "s": 60.345,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69737,
    "c": 0.10814,
    "h": 226.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45ABD1

secondary

#D7AB9B

accent

#7044E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #45ABD1

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

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