#45ACD2#45ACD2

#45ACD2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.109 H 226.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45ACD2
RGB	rgb(69, 172, 210)
HSL	hsl(196, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(196, 67%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 18.1%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.07, -17.80, -27.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.07, 33.17, 237.54°)
OKLab	oklab(70.02% -0.0754 -0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(70.02% 0.109 226.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.8349, 35.4203, 66.2774)
Luminance	0.3542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45ACD2 #D26B45

analogous

#45D2B1 #45ACD2 #4566D2

triadic

#45ACD2 #D245AC #ACD245

tetradic

#45ACD2 #B145D2 #D26B45 #66D245

square

#45ACD2 #B145D2 #D26B45 #66D245

split-complementary

#45ACD2 #D24566 #D2B145

monochromatic

#1F647E #2A8CAF #45ACD2 #76C2DE #A8D8EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#45ACD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#45ACD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45ACD2

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45ACD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45ACD2	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)

#97A9D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849AD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45acd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 172, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.109 226.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c4e0',
    500: '#45acd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45acd2;
$custom-light: #88c4e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45acd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.17,
    "s": 61.039,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70016,
    "c": 0.10867,
    "h": 226.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45ACD2

secondary

#D7AC9C

accent

#6F44E4

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #45ACD2

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

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