#45A0CD#45A0CD

#45A0CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.108 H 233.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A0CD
RGB	rgb(69, 160, 205)
HSL	hsl(200, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(200, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 22%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.35, -12.97, -30.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.35, 33.58, 247.28°)
OKLab	oklab(66.98% -0.0649 -0.0869)
OKLCH	oklch(66.98% 0.108 233.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.0402, 30.8118, 62.3207)
Luminance	0.3081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A0CD #CD7245

analogous

#45CDB6 #45A0CD #455CCD

triadic

#45A0CD #CD45A0 #A0CD45

tetradic

#45A0CD #B645CD #CD7245 #5CCD45

square

#45A0CD #B645CD #CD7245 #5CCD45

split-complementary

#45A0CD #CD455C #CDB645

monochromatic

#205B77 #2D7FA8 #45A0CD #75B9DA #A5D1E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#45A0CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.16

#45A0CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A0CD

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A0CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A0CD	1.00	2.93	7.16	7.16
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A9ECF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7791CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a0cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 160, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.108 233.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bcdc',
    500: '#45a0cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a0cd;
$custom-light: #87bcdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a0cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.853,
    "s": 57.627,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66978,
    "c": 0.10847,
    "h": 233.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A0CD

secondary

#D4AD9A

accent

#7A47E1

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A0CD

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

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