#45ABD5#45ABD5

#45ABD5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.111 H 228.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45ABD5
RGB	rgb(69, 171, 213)
HSL	hsl(198, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(198, 68%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 19.7%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.90, -16.31, -29.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.90, 34.08, 241.40°)
OKLab	oklab(69.91% -0.0733 -0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(69.91% 0.111 228.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.0226, 35.1919, 68.2011)
Luminance	0.3519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45ABD5 #D56F45

analogous

#45D5B7 #45ABD5 #4563D5

triadic

#45ABD5 #D545AB #ABD545

tetradic

#45ABD5 #B745D5 #D56F45 #63D545

square

#45ABD5 #B745D5 #D56F45 #63D545

split-complementary

#45ABD5 #D54563 #D5B745

monochromatic

#1D6582 #298BB4 #45ABD5 #77C2E0 #A9D8EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#45ABD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#45ABD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45ABD5

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45ABD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45ABD5	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A8D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#819AD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45abd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 171, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.111 228.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c4e2',
    500: '#45abd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45abd5;
$custom-light: #89c4e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45abd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.5,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69913,
    "c": 0.11131,
    "h": 228.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45ABD5

secondary

#D9AE9D

accent

#7242E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #45ABD5

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

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