#45AFD6#45AFD6

#45AFD6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.111 H 226.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45AFD6
RGB	rgb(69, 175, 214)
HSL	hsl(196, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(196, 68%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 18.2%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.11, -18.11, -28.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.11, 33.85, 237.66°)
OKLab	oklab(70.89% -0.0769 -0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(70.89% 0.111 226.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.9169, 36.7769, 69.1273)
Luminance	0.3678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45AFD6 #D66C45

analogous

#45D6B5 #45AFD6 #4566D6

triadic

#45AFD6 #D645AF #AFD645

tetradic

#45AFD6 #B545D6 #D66C45 #66D645

square

#45AFD6 #B545D6 #D66C45 #66D645

split-complementary

#45AFD6 #D64566 #D6B545

monochromatic

#1D6884 #2890B6 #45AFD6 #77C5E1 #A9DAEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#45AFD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#45AFD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45AFD6

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45AFD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45AFD6	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AACD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869DD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45afd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 175, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.111 226.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c7e2',
    500: '#45afd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45afd6;
$custom-light: #89c7e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45afd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.138,
    "s": 63.877,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70894,
    "c": 0.11099,
    "h": 226.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45AFD6

secondary

#DAAD9D

accent

#6E41E7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45AFD6

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

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