#45ADD8#45ADD8

#45ADD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.113 H 229.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45ADD8
RGB	rgb(69, 173, 216)
HSL	hsl(198, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(198, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 19.9%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.60, -16.41, -30.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.60, 34.62, 241.70°)
OKLab	oklab(70.51% -0.0742 -0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(70.51% 0.113 229)
XYZ	xyz(29.7875, 36.1069, 70.3519)
Luminance	0.3611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45ADD8 #D87045

analogous

#45D8B9 #45ADD8 #4563D8

triadic

#45ADD8 #D845AD #ADD845

tetradic

#45ADD8 #B945D8 #D87045 #63D845

square

#45ADD8 #B945D8 #D87045 #63D845

split-complementary

#45ADD8 #D84563 #D8B945

monochromatic

#1C6786 #278EB9 #45ADD8 #78C3E3 #AADAED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#45ADD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#45ADD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45ADD8

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45ADD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45ADD8	1.00	2.55	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97AADA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#829CD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45add8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 173, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.113 229.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c5e4',
    500: '#45add8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45add8;
$custom-light: #89c5e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45add8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.551,
    "s": 65.333,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70514,
    "c": 0.11314,
    "h": 229
  },
  "luminance": 0.3611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45ADD8

secondary

#DBB09E

accent

#7140E8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45ADD8

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

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