#45ACD6#45ACD6

#45ACD6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.112 H 228.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45ACD6
RGB	rgb(69, 172, 214)
HSL	hsl(197, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(197, 68%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 19.6%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.23, -16.52, -29.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.23, 34.21, 241.12°)
OKLab	oklab(70.19% -0.0739 -0.0839)
OKLCH	oklch(70.19% 0.112 228.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.3395, 35.6221, 68.9348)
Luminance	0.3563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45ACD6 #D66F45

analogous

#45D6B7 #45ACD6 #4563D6

triadic

#45ACD6 #D645AC #ACD645

tetradic

#45ACD6 #B745D6 #D66F45 #63D645

square

#45ACD6 #B745D6 #D66F45 #63D645

split-complementary

#45ACD6 #D64563 #D6B745

monochromatic

#1D6684 #288DB6 #45ACD6 #77C2E1 #A9D9EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#45ACD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#45ACD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45ACD6

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45ACD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45ACD6	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A9D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#829BD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45acd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 172, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.112 228.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c4e2',
    500: '#45acd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45acd6;
$custom-light: #89c4e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45acd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.379,
    "s": 63.877,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70192,
    "c": 0.11182,
    "h": 228.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45ACD6

secondary

#DAAF9D

accent

#7141E7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #45ACD6

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

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