#45AFCD#45AFCD

#45AFCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.105 H 220.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45AFCD
RGB	rgb(69, 175, 205)
HSL	hsl(193, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(193, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 14.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.77, -20.94, -24.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.77, 31.97, 229.08°)
OKLab	oklab(70.51% -0.0803 -0.0673)
OKLCH	oklch(70.51% 0.105 220)
XYZ	xyz(28.7992, 36.3298, 63.2404)
Luminance	0.3633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45AFCD #CD6345

analogous

#45CDA7 #45AFCD #456BCD

triadic

#45AFCD #CD45AF #AFCD45

tetradic

#45AFCD #A745CD #CD6345 #6BCD45

square

#45AFCD #A745CD #CD6345 #6BCD45

split-complementary

#45AFCD #CD456B #CDA745

monochromatic

#206477 #2D8DA8 #45AFCD #75C4DA #A5D8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#45AFCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#45AFCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45AFCD

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45AFCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45AFCD	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DAACF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#899CCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45afcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 175, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.105 220.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c7dc',
    500: '#45afcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45afcd;
$custom-light: #88c7dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45afcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.235,
    "s": 57.627,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70512,
    "c": 0.10483,
    "h": 220
  },
  "luminance": 0.36333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45AFCD

secondary

#D4A79A

accent

#6947E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45AFCD

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

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