#45ACD0#45ACD0

#45ACD0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.107 H 224.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45ACD0
RGB	rgb(69, 172, 208)
HSL	hsl(196, 60%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(196, 67%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 17.3%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.00, -18.44, -27.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.00, 32.70, 235.68°)
OKLab	oklab(69.93% -0.0761 -0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(69.93% 0.107 224.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.5873, 35.3212, 64.9733)
Luminance	0.3532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45ACD0 #D06945

analogous

#45D0AF #45ACD0 #4566D0

triadic

#45ACD0 #D045AC #ACD045

tetradic

#45ACD0 #AF45D0 #D06945 #66D045

square

#45ACD0 #AF45D0 #D06945 #66D045

split-complementary

#45ACD0 #D04566 #D0AF45

monochromatic

#1F647B #2C8BAC #45ACD0 #76C2DC #A7D8E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#45ACD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#45ACD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45ACD0

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45ACD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45ACD0	1.00	2.60	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A8D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859AD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45acd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 172, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.107 224.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c4de',
    500: '#45acd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45acd0;
$custom-light: #88c4de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45acd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.54,
    "s": 59.657,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69929,
    "c": 0.10718,
    "h": 224.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45ACD0

secondary

#D6AA9B

accent

#6E45E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #45ACD0

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

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