#45A0C3#45A0C3

#45A0C3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.100 H 226.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A0C3
RGB	rgb(69, 160, 195)
HSL	hsl(197, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(197, 65%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 17.9%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.95, -16.18, -26.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.95, 30.63, 238.10°)
OKLab	oklab(66.53% -0.0686 -0.0726)
OKLCH	oklch(66.53% 0.1 226.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.8715, 30.3443, 56.1655)
Luminance	0.3035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A0C3 #C36845

analogous

#45C3A7 #45A0C3 #4561C3

triadic

#45A0C3 #C345A0 #A0C345

tetradic

#45A0C3 #A745C3 #C36845 #61C345

square

#45A0C3 #A745C3 #C36845 #61C345

split-complementary

#45A0C3 #C34561 #C3A745

monochromatic

#23576B #317C99 #45A0C3 #73B8D2 #A2CFE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#45A0C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.07

#45A0C3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A0C3

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A0C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A0C3	1.00	2.97	7.07	7.07
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D9DC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C90C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a0c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 160, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.100 226.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bcd5',
    500: '#45a0c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a0c3;
$custom-light: #86bcd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a0c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.667,
    "s": 51.22,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66528,
    "c": 0.09988,
    "h": 226.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A0C3

secondary

#CEA696

accent

#744DDB

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A0C3

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

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