#45ACD9#45ACD9

#45ACD9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.114 H 230.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#45ACD9
RGBrgb(69, 172, 217)
HSLhsl(198, 66%, 56%)
HSVhsv(198, 68%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(68.2%, 20.7%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(66.35, -15.56, -31.43)
CIE-LCHlch(66.35, 35.07, 243.66°)
OKLaboklab(70.33% -0.0728 -0.0881)
OKLCHoklch(70.33% 0.114 230.4)
XYZxyz(29.7262, 35.7767, 70.9712)
Luminance0.3578 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#45ACD9 #D97245
analogous
#45D9BC #45ACD9 #4562D9
triadic
#45ACD9 #D945AC #ACD945
tetradic
#45ACD9 #BC45D9 #D97245 #62D945
square
#45ACD9 #BC45D9 #D97245 #62D945
split-complementary
#45ACD9 #D94562 #D9BC45
monochromatic
#1C6788 #268EBB #45ACD9 #78C3E3 #ABD9EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57
#45ACD9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16
#45ACD9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45ACD9
8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##45ACD9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##45ACD91.002.578.168.16
#FFFFFF2.571.0021.0021.00
#0000008.1621.001.001.00
##0000008.1621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#95AADB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#819BD8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B8BB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #45acd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 172, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.114 230.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c4e5',
    500: '#45acd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #45acd9;
$custom-light: #89c4e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#45acd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.243,
    "s": 66.071,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70326,
    "c": 0.11433,
    "h": 230.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#45ACD9
secondary
#DBB19E
accent
#733FE9
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F1F8FC
border
#CBD1D5
text
#0D1215
muted
#7E8184

Preview Lab

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#45ACD9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva