#45ADD6#45ADD6

#45ADD6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.112 H 227.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45ADD6
RGB	rgb(69, 173, 214)
HSL	hsl(197, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(197, 68%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 19.2%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.52, -17.06, -29.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.52, 34.08, 239.97°)
OKLab	oklab(70.43% -0.0749 -0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(70.43% 0.112 227.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.5305, 36.0041, 68.9985)
Luminance	0.3601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45ADD6 #D66E45

analogous

#45D6B7 #45ADD6 #4564D6

triadic

#45ADD6 #D645AD #ADD645

tetradic

#45ADD6 #B745D6 #D66E45 #64D645

square

#45ADD6 #B745D6 #D66E45 #64D645

split-complementary

#45ADD6 #D64564 #D6B745

monochromatic

#1D6784 #288EB6 #45ADD6 #77C3E1 #A9D9EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#45ADD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#45ADD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45ADD6

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45ADD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45ADD6	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97AAD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839BD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45add6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 173, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.112 227.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c5e2',
    500: '#45add6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45add6;
$custom-light: #89c5e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45add6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.966,
    "s": 63.877,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70426,
    "c": 0.11152,
    "h": 227.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45ADD6

secondary

#DAAE9D

accent

#7041E7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45ADD6

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

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