#45A0BB#45A0BB

#45A0BB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.094 H 220.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A0BB
RGB	rgb(69, 160, 187)
HSL	hsl(194, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(194, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 14.4%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.65, -18.70, -21.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.65, 28.86, 229.62°)
OKLab	oklab(66.19% -0.0716 -0.0612)
OKLCH	oklch(66.19% 0.094 220.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.9911, 29.9922, 51.5288)
Luminance	0.2999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A0BB #BB6045

analogous

#45BB9B #45A0BB #4565BB

triadic

#45A0BB #BB45A0 #A0BB45

tetradic

#45A0BB #9B45BB #BB6045 #65BB45

square

#45A0BB #9B45BB #BB6045 #65BB45

split-complementary

#45A0BB #BB4565 #BB9B45

monochromatic

#245462 #347A8F #45A0BB #72B7CB #9FCEDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#45A0BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.00

#45A0BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A0BB

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A0BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A0BB	1.00	3.00	7.00	7.00
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909CBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8FBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a0bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 160, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.094 220.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bccf',
    500: '#45a0bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a0bb;
$custom-light: #85bccf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a0bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.729,
    "s": 46.457,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66186,
    "c": 0.09421,
    "h": 220.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A0BB

secondary

#C8A094

accent

#7052D6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A0BB

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

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