#45A0BC#45A0BC

#45A0BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.095 H 221.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A0BC
RGB	rgb(69, 160, 188)
HSL	hsl(194, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(194, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 14.9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.68, -18.39, -22.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.68, 29.05, 230.73°)
OKLab	oklab(66.23% -0.0712 -0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(66.23% 0.095 221.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.0985, 30.0352, 52.0946)
Luminance	0.3004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A0BC #BC6145

analogous

#45BC9D #45A0BC #4564BC

triadic

#45A0BC #BC45A0 #A0BC45

tetradic

#45A0BC #9D45BC #BC6145 #64BC45

square

#45A0BC #9D45BC #BC6145 #64BC45

split-complementary

#45A0BC #BC4564 #BC9D45

monochromatic

#245463 #347A90 #45A0BC #72B7CC #9FCEDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#45A0BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.01

#45A0BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A0BC

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A0BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A0BC	1.00	3.00	7.01	7.01
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F9CBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E90BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a0bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 160, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.095 221.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bcd0',
    500: '#45a0bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a0bc;
$custom-light: #85bcd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a0bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.118,
    "s": 47.036,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66228,
    "c": 0.09485,
    "h": 221.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A0BC

secondary

#C9A094

accent

#7151D7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A0BC

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →