#45AFD8#45AFD8

#45AFD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.113 H 227.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45AFD8
RGB	rgb(69, 175, 216)
HSL	hsl(197, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(197, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 19%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.19, -17.47, -29.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.19, 34.36, 239.43°)
OKLab	oklab(70.98% -0.0762 -0.0828)
OKLCH	oklch(70.98% 0.113 227.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.1739, 36.8797, 70.4807)
Luminance	0.3688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45AFD8 #D86E45

analogous

#45D8B7 #45AFD8 #4565D8

triadic

#45AFD8 #D845AF #AFD845

tetradic

#45AFD8 #B745D8 #D86E45 #65D845

square

#45AFD8 #B745D8 #D86E45 #65D845

split-complementary

#45AFD8 #D84565 #D8B745

monochromatic

#1C6986 #2790B9 #45AFD8 #78C5E3 #AADBED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#45AFD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#45AFD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45AFD8

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45AFD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45AFD8	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99ACDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859DD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45afd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 175, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.113 227.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c7e4',
    500: '#45afd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45afd8;
$custom-light: #89c7e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45afd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.735,
    "s": 65.333,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70982,
    "c": 0.11254,
    "h": 227.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45AFD8

secondary

#DBAF9E

accent

#6F40E8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45AFD8

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

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