#45ADD3#45ADD3

#45ADD3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.109 H 225.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45ADD3
RGB	rgb(69, 173, 211)
HSL	hsl(196, 62%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(196, 67%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 18%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.41, -18.01, -28.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.41, 33.32, 237.28°)
OKLab	oklab(70.3% -0.076 -0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(70.3% 0.109 225.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.1510, 35.8523, 66.9993)
Luminance	0.3585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45ADD3 #D36B45

analogous

#45D3B2 #45ADD3 #4566D3

triadic

#45ADD3 #D345AD #ADD345

tetradic

#45ADD3 #B245D3 #D36B45 #66D345

square

#45ADD3 #B245D3 #D36B45 #66D345

split-complementary

#45ADD3 #D34566 #D3B245

monochromatic

#1E657F #2A8DB1 #45ADD3 #76C3DF #A8D9EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#45ADD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#45ADD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45ADD3

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45ADD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45ADD3	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98AAD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859BD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45add3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 173, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.109 225.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c5e0',
    500: '#45add3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45add3;
$custom-light: #89c5e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45add3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.056,
    "s": 61.739,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70295,
    "c": 0.1092,
    "h": 225.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45ADD3

secondary

#D8AC9C

accent

#6E43E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45ADD3

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

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