#45ACD8#45ACD8

#45ACD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.113 H 229.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45ACD8
RGB	rgb(69, 172, 216)
HSL	hsl(198, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(198, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 20.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.31, -15.88, -30.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.31, 34.78, 242.83°)
OKLab	oklab(70.28% -0.0732 -0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(70.28% 0.113 229.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.5965, 35.7249, 70.2882)
Luminance	0.3573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45ACD8 #D87145

analogous

#45D8BA #45ACD8 #4562D8

triadic

#45ACD8 #D845AC #ACD845

tetradic

#45ACD8 #BA45D8 #D87145 #62D845

square

#45ACD8 #BA45D8 #D87145 #62D845

split-complementary

#45ACD8 #D84562 #D8BA45

monochromatic

#1C6786 #278DB9 #45ACD8 #78C3E3 #AAD9ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#45ACD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#45ACD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45ACD8

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45ACD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45ACD8	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A9DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#819BD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45acd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 172, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.113 229.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c4e4',
    500: '#45acd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45acd8;
$custom-light: #89c4e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45acd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.959,
    "s": 65.333,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70281,
    "c": 0.11348,
    "h": 229.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45ACD8

secondary

#DBB09E

accent

#7240E8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #45ACD8

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

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