#45A0CC#45A0CC

#45A0CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.108 H 232.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A0CC
RGB	rgb(69, 160, 204)
HSL	hsl(200, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(200, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 21.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.31, -13.29, -30.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.31, 33.25, 246.44°)
OKLab	oklab(66.93% -0.0653 -0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(66.93% 0.108 232.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.9199, 30.7637, 61.6870)
Luminance	0.3077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A0CC #CC7145

analogous

#45CCB5 #45A0CC #455CCC

triadic

#45A0CC #CC45A0 #A0CC45

tetradic

#45A0CC #B545CC #CC7145 #5CCC45

square

#45A0CC #B545CC #CC7145 #5CCC45

split-complementary

#45A0CC #CC455C #CCB545

monochromatic

#205A76 #2E7FA6 #45A0CC #75B9D9 #A5D1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#45A0CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#45A0CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A0CC

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A0CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A0CC	1.00	2.94	7.15	7.15
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A9ECE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7891CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a0cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 160, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.108 232.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bcdb',
    500: '#45a0cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a0cc;
$custom-light: #87bcdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a0cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.556,
    "s": 56.962,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66932,
    "c": 0.10754,
    "h": 232.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A0CC

secondary

#D3AC99

accent

#7948E0

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A0CC

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

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