#45ACD3#45ACD3

#45ACD3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.109 H 226.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45ACD3
RGB	rgb(69, 172, 211)
HSL	hsl(196, 62%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(196, 67%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 18.5%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.11, -17.48, -28.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.11, 33.42, 238.46°)
OKLab	oklab(70.06% -0.075 -0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(70.06% 0.109 226.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.9599, 35.4702, 66.9356)
Luminance	0.3547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45ACD3 #D36C45

analogous

#45D3B3 #45ACD3 #4565D3

triadic

#45ACD3 #D345AC #ACD345

tetradic

#45ACD3 #B345D3 #D36C45 #65D345

square

#45ACD3 #B345D3 #D36C45 #65D345

split-complementary

#45ACD3 #D34565 #D3B345

monochromatic

#1E657F #2A8CB1 #45ACD3 #76C2DF #A8D8EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#45ACD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#45ACD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45ACD3

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45ACD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45ACD3	1.00	2.59	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A9D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839AD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45acd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 172, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.109 226.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c4e0',
    500: '#45acd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45acd3;
$custom-light: #89c4e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45acd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.479,
    "s": 61.739,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7006,
    "c": 0.10943,
    "h": 226.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45ACD3

secondary

#D8AC9C

accent

#6F43E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #45ACD3

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

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