#45ABD6#45ABD6

#45ABD6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.112 H 229.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45ABD6
RGB	rgb(69, 171, 214)
HSL	hsl(198, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(198, 68%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 20.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.94, -15.99, -30.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.94, 34.36, 242.26°)
OKLab	oklab(69.96% -0.0729 -0.0852)
OKLCH	oklch(69.96% 0.112 229.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.1499, 35.2429, 68.8716)
Luminance	0.3525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45ABD6 #D67045

analogous

#45D6B8 #45ABD6 #4562D6

triadic

#45ABD6 #D645AB #ABD645

tetradic

#45ABD6 #B845D6 #D67045 #62D645

square

#45ABD6 #B845D6 #D67045 #62D645

split-complementary

#45ABD6 #D64562 #D6B845

monochromatic

#1D6584 #288CB6 #45ABD6 #77C2E1 #A9D8EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#45ABD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#45ABD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45ABD6

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45ABD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45ABD6	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A8D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#819AD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45abd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 171, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.112 229.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c4e2',
    500: '#45abd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45abd6;
$custom-light: #89c4e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45abd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.793,
    "s": 63.877,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69958,
    "c": 0.11214,
    "h": 229.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45ABD6

secondary

#DAAF9D

accent

#7241E7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #45ABD6

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

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