#45ABD4#45ABD4

#45ABD4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.111 H 228.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45ABD4
RGB	rgb(69, 171, 212)
HSL	hsl(197, 62%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(197, 67%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 19.3%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.86, -16.63, -29.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.86, 33.80, 240.52°)
OKLab	oklab(69.87% -0.0736 -0.0824)
OKLCH	oklch(69.87% 0.111 228.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.8961, 35.1413, 67.5347)
Luminance	0.3514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45ABD4 #D46E45

analogous

#45D4B6 #45ABD4 #4563D4

triadic

#45ABD4 #D445AB #ABD445

tetradic

#45ABD4 #B645D4 #D46E45 #63D445

square

#45ABD4 #B645D4 #D46E45 #63D445

split-complementary

#45ABD4 #D44563 #D4B645

monochromatic

#1E6481 #298BB3 #45ABD4 #77C1DF #A8D8EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#45ABD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#45ABD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45ABD4

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45ABD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45ABD4	1.00	2.62	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A8D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#829AD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45abd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 171, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.111 228.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c4e1',
    500: '#45abd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45abd4;
$custom-light: #89c4e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45abd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.203,
    "s": 62.445,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69869,
    "c": 0.1105,
    "h": 228.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45ABD4

secondary

#D8AE9C

accent

#7142E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #45ABD4

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

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