#45AFDC#45AFDC

#45AFDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.116 H 229.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45AFDC
RGB	rgb(69, 175, 220)
HSL	hsl(198, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(198, 69%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 20.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.34, -16.19, -31.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.34, 35.45, 242.83°)
OKLab	oklab(71.16% -0.0748 -0.0884)
OKLCH	oklch(71.16% 0.116 229.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.6973, 37.0891, 73.2374)
Luminance	0.3709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45AFDC #DC7245

analogous

#45DCBE #45AFDC #4564DC

triadic

#45AFDC #DC45AF #AFDC45

tetradic

#45AFDC #BE45DC #DC7245 #64DC45

square

#45AFDC #BE45DC #DC7245 #64DC45

split-complementary

#45AFDC #DC4564 #DCBE45

monochromatic

#1A6A8C #2491C0 #45AFDC #79C5E6 #ACDBEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#45AFDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#45AFDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45AFDC

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45AFDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45AFDC	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98ACDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839DDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45afdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 175, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.116 229.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac7e7',
    500: '#45afdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45afdc;
$custom-light: #8ac7e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45afdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.881,
    "s": 68.326,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71159,
    "c": 0.11579,
    "h": 229.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45AFDC

secondary

#DDB2A0

accent

#713DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #45AFDC

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

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