#45A0CA#45A0CA

#45A0CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.106 H 231.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A0CA
RGB	rgb(69, 160, 202)
HSL	hsl(199, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(199, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 20.8%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.23, -13.94, -29.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.23, 32.62, 244.70°)
OKLab	oklab(66.84% -0.066 -0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(66.84% 0.106 231.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.6815, 30.6684, 60.4318)
Luminance	0.3067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A0CA #CA6F45

analogous

#45CAB1 #45A0CA #455DCA

triadic

#45A0CA #CA45A0 #A0CA45

tetradic

#45A0CA #B145CA #CA6F45 #5DCA45

square

#45A0CA #B145CA #CA6F45 #5DCA45

split-complementary

#45A0CA #CA455D #CAB145

monochromatic

#215A74 #2F7EA3 #45A0CA #75B8D8 #A4D1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#45A0CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.13

#45A0CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A0CA

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A0CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A0CA	1.00	2.94	7.13	7.13
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B9ECC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7991C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a0ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 160, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.106 231.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bcda',
    500: '#45a0ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a0ca;
$custom-light: #87bcda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a0ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.947,
    "s": 55.649,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6684,
    "c": 0.10574,
    "h": 231.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A0CA

secondary

#D2AB99

accent

#7849DF

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A0CA

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

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