#45ACD5#45ACD5

#45ACD5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.111 H 228.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45ACD5
RGB	rgb(69, 172, 213)
HSL	hsl(197, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(197, 68%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 19.2%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.19, -16.85, -29.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.19, 33.94, 240.24°)
OKLab	oklab(70.15% -0.0743 -0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(70.15% 0.111 228)
XYZ	xyz(29.2122, 35.5712, 68.2643)
Luminance	0.3557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45ACD5 #D56E45

analogous

#45D5B6 #45ACD5 #4564D5

triadic

#45ACD5 #D545AC #ACD545

tetradic

#45ACD5 #B645D5 #D56E45 #64D545

square

#45ACD5 #B645D5 #D56E45 #64D545

split-complementary

#45ACD5 #D54564 #D5B645

monochromatic

#1D6682 #298CB4 #45ACD5 #77C2E0 #A9D9EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#45ACD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#45ACD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45ACD5

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45ACD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45ACD5	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A9D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839BD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45acd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 172, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.111 228.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c4e2',
    500: '#45acd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45acd5;
$custom-light: #89c4e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45acd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.083,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70148,
    "c": 0.11101,
    "h": 228
  },
  "luminance": 0.35574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45ACD5

secondary

#D9AE9D

accent

#7042E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #45ACD5

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

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