#45ABD8#45ABD8

#45ABD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.114 H 230.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45ABD8
RGB	rgb(69, 171, 216)
HSL	hsl(198, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(198, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 20.8%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.02, -15.35, -31.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.02, 34.94, 243.95°)
OKLab	oklab(70.05% -0.0722 -0.088)
OKLCH	oklch(70.05% 0.114 230.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.4069, 35.3457, 70.2250)
Luminance	0.3535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45ABD8 #D87245

analogous

#45D8BB #45ABD8 #4561D8

triadic

#45ABD8 #D845AB #ABD845

tetradic

#45ABD8 #BB45D8 #D87245 #61D845

square

#45ABD8 #BB45D8 #D87245 #61D845

split-complementary

#45ABD8 #D84561 #D8BB45

monochromatic

#1C6686 #278CB9 #45ABD8 #78C2E3 #AAD9ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#45ABD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#45ABD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45ABD8

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45ABD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45ABD8	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A9DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809AD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45abd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 171, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.114 230.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c4e4',
    500: '#45abd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45abd8;
$custom-light: #89c4e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45abd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.367,
    "s": 65.333,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70048,
    "c": 0.11384,
    "h": 230.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45ABD8

secondary

#DBB19E

accent

#7340E8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #45ABD8

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

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