#45ABD9#45ABD9

#45ABD9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.115 H 231.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45ABD9
RGB	rgb(69, 171, 217)
HSL	hsl(199, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(199, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 21.2%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.06, -15.02, -31.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.06, 35.24, 244.77°)
OKLab	oklab(70.09% -0.0719 -0.0894)
OKLCH	oklch(70.09% 0.115 231.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.5366, 35.3975, 70.9080)
Luminance	0.3540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45ABD9 #D97345

analogous

#45D9BD #45ABD9 #4561D9

triadic

#45ABD9 #D945AB #ABD945

tetradic

#45ABD9 #BD45D9 #D97345 #61D945

square

#45ABD9 #BD45D9 #D97345 #61D945

split-complementary

#45ABD9 #D94561 #D9BD45

monochromatic

#1C6688 #268CBB #45ABD9 #78C2E3 #ABD9EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#45ABD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#45ABD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45ABD9

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45ABD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45ABD9	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A9DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809AD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45abd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 171, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.115 231.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c4e5',
    500: '#45abd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45abd9;
$custom-light: #89c4e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45abd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.649,
    "s": 66.071,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70093,
    "c": 0.11471,
    "h": 231.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45ABD9

secondary

#DBB19E

accent

#743FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #45ABD9

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

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