#45A0BF#45A0BF

#45A0BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.097 H 223.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A0BF
RGB	rgb(69, 160, 191)
HSL	hsl(195, 49%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(195, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 16.2%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.80, -17.45, -24.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.80, 29.67, 233.98°)
OKLab	oklab(66.36% -0.0701 -0.0669)
OKLCH	oklch(66.36% 0.097 223.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.4253, 30.1659, 53.8155)
Luminance	0.3017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A0BF #BF6445

analogous

#45BFA1 #45A0BF #4563BF

triadic

#45A0BF #BF45A0 #A0BF45

tetradic

#45A0BF #A145BF #BF6445 #63BF45

square

#45A0BF #A145BF #BF6445 #63BF45

split-complementary

#45A0BF #BF4563 #BFA145

monochromatic

#235566 #337B94 #45A0BF #73B7CF #A0CFDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#45A0BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.03

#45A0BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A0BF

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A0BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A0BF	1.00	2.99	7.03	7.03
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E9DC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D90BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a0bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 160, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.097 223.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bcd2',
    500: '#45a0bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a0bf;
$custom-light: #85bcd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a0bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.246,
    "s": 48.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66355,
    "c": 0.0969,
    "h": 223.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A0BF

secondary

#CBA395

accent

#724FD8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A0BF

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

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