#45ADD2#45ADD2

#45ADD2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.108 H 225.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45ADD2
RGB	rgb(69, 173, 210)
HSL	hsl(196, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(196, 67%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 17.6%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.37, -18.33, -27.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.37, 33.08, 236.35°)
OKLab	oklab(70.25% -0.0764 -0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(70.25% 0.108 225.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.0260, 35.8023, 66.3411)
Luminance	0.3580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45ADD2 #D26A45

analogous

#45D2B1 #45ADD2 #4566D2

triadic

#45ADD2 #D245AD #ADD245

tetradic

#45ADD2 #B145D2 #D26A45 #66D245

square

#45ADD2 #B145D2 #D26A45 #66D245

split-complementary

#45ADD2 #D24566 #D2B145

monochromatic

#1F657E #2A8CAF #45ADD2 #76C3DE #A8D8EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#45ADD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#45ADD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45ADD2

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45ADD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45ADD2	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)

#99A9D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859BD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45add2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 173, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.108 225.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c5e0',
    500: '#45add2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45add2;
$custom-light: #89c5e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45add2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.745,
    "s": 61.039,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70251,
    "c": 0.10845,
    "h": 225.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45ADD2

secondary

#D7AB9C

accent

#6E44E4

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45ADD2

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

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