#45AED8#45AED8

#45AED8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.113 H 228.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45AED8
RGB	rgb(69, 174, 216)
HSL	hsl(197, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(197, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 19.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.89, -16.95, -30.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.89, 34.48, 240.57°)
OKLab	oklab(70.75% -0.0752 -0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(70.75% 0.113 228.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.9800, 36.4919, 70.4161)
Luminance	0.3649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45AED8 #D86F45

analogous

#45D8B8 #45AED8 #4564D8

triadic

#45AED8 #D845AE #AED845

tetradic

#45AED8 #B845D8 #D86F45 #64D845

square

#45AED8 #B845D8 #D86F45 #64D845

split-complementary

#45AED8 #D84564 #D8B845

monochromatic

#1C6886 #278FB9 #45AED8 #78C4E3 #AADAED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#45AED8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#45AED8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45AED8

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45AED8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45AED8	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98ABDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849CD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45aed8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 174, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.113 228.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c6e4',
    500: '#45aed8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45aed8;
$custom-light: #89c6e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45aed8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 65.333,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70748,
    "c": 0.11282,
    "h": 228.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45AED8

secondary

#DBAF9E

accent

#7040E8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45AED8

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

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