#45A0C8#45A0C8

#45A0C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.104 H 230.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A0C8
RGB	rgb(69, 160, 200)
HSL	hsl(198, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(198, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 20%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.15, -14.58, -28.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.15, 32.01, 242.89°)
OKLab	oklab(66.75% -0.0667 -0.0798)
OKLCH	oklch(66.75% 0.104 230.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.4463, 30.5743, 59.1928)
Luminance	0.3058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A0C8 #C86D45

analogous

#45C8AF #45A0C8 #455EC8

triadic

#45A0C8 #C845A0 #A0C845

tetradic

#45A0C8 #AF45C8 #C86D45 #5EC845

square

#45A0C8 #AF45C8 #C86D45 #5EC845

split-complementary

#45A0C8 #C8455E #C8AF45

monochromatic

#215971 #2F7EA0 #45A0C8 #74B8D6 #A3D0E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#45A0C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.12

#45A0C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A0C8

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A0C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A0C8	1.00	2.95	7.12	7.12
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C9ECA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7990C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a0c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 160, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.104 230.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bcd8',
    500: '#45a0c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a0c8;
$custom-light: #86bcd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a0c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.321,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6675,
    "c": 0.10399,
    "h": 230.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A0C8

secondary

#D1A998

accent

#774ADE

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A0C8

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

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