#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
RGB	rgb(69, 172, 217)
HSL	hsl(198, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(198, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 20.7%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.35, -15.56, -31.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.35, 35.07, 243.66°)
OKLab	oklab(70.33% -0.0728 -0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(70.33% 0.114 230.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.7262, 35.7767, 70.9712)
Luminance	0.3578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##45ACD9	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #45ACD9

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

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