#45ADD4#45ADD4

#45ADD4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.110 H 226.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45ADD4
RGB	rgb(69, 173, 212)
HSL	hsl(196, 62%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(196, 67%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 18.4%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.45, -17.69, -28.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.45, 33.57, 238.19°)
OKLab	oklab(70.34% -0.0757 -0.0798)
OKLCH	oklch(70.34% 0.11 226.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.2767, 35.9026, 67.6615)
Luminance	0.3591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45ADD4 #D46C45

analogous

#45D4B4 #45ADD4 #4565D4

triadic

#45ADD4 #D445AD #ADD445

tetradic

#45ADD4 #B445D4 #D46C45 #65D445

square

#45ADD4 #B445D4 #D46C45 #65D445

split-complementary

#45ADD4 #D44565 #D4B445

monochromatic

#1E6681 #298DB3 #45ADD4 #77C3DF #A8D9EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#45ADD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#45ADD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45ADD4

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45ADD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45ADD4	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98AAD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849BD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45add4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 173, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.110 226.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c5e1',
    500: '#45add4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45add4;
$custom-light: #89c5e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45add4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.364,
    "s": 62.445,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70338,
    "c": 0.10995,
    "h": 226.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45ADD4

secondary

#D8AD9C

accent

#6F42E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45ADD4

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

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