#45AED9#45AED9

#45AED9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.114 H 228.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45AED9
RGB	rgb(69, 174, 217)
HSL	hsl(197, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(197, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 19.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.93, -16.62, -30.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.93, 34.76, 241.43°)
OKLab	oklab(70.79% -0.0748 -0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(70.79% 0.114 228.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.1097, 36.5437, 71.0990)
Luminance	0.3655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45AED9 #D97045

analogous

#45D9BA #45AED9 #4564D9

triadic

#45AED9 #D945AE #AED945

tetradic

#45AED9 #BA45D9 #D97045 #64D945

square

#45AED9 #BA45D9 #D97045 #64D945

split-complementary

#45AED9 #D94564 #D9BA45

monochromatic

#1C6888 #2690BB #45AED9 #78C4E3 #ABDAEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#45AED9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#45AED9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45AED9

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45AED9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45AED9	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98ABDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839CD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45aed9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 174, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.114 228.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c6e5',
    500: '#45aed9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45aed9;
$custom-light: #89c6e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45aed9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.432,
    "s": 66.071,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70792,
    "c": 0.11364,
    "h": 228.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45AED9

secondary

#DBB09E

accent

#703FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #45AED9

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

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