#45A0CB#45A0CB

#45A0CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.107 H 232.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A0CB
RGB	rgb(69, 160, 203)
HSL	hsl(199, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(199, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 21.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.27, -13.62, -29.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.27, 32.93, 245.58°)
OKLab	oklab(66.89% -0.0656 -0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(66.89% 0.107 232)
XYZ	xyz(25.8003, 30.7159, 61.0574)
Luminance	0.3072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A0CB #CB7045

analogous

#45CBB3 #45A0CB #455DCB

triadic

#45A0CB #CB45A0 #A0CB45

tetradic

#45A0CB #B345CB #CB7045 #5DCB45

square

#45A0CB #B345CB #CB7045 #5DCB45

split-complementary

#45A0CB #CB455D #CBB345

monochromatic

#215A75 #2E7FA5 #45A0CB #75B8D8 #A5D1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#45A0CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.14

#45A0CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A0CB

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A0CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A0CB	1.00	2.94	7.14	7.14
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B9ECD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7891CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a0cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 160, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.107 232.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bcdb',
    500: '#45a0cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a0cb;
$custom-light: #87bcdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a0cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.254,
    "s": 56.303,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66886,
    "c": 0.10663,
    "h": 232
  },
  "luminance": 0.30719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A0CB

secondary

#D3AC99

accent

#7948E0

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A0CB

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

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