#45A0CE#45A0CE

#45A0CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.109 H 233.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A0CE
RGB	rgb(69, 160, 206)
HSL	hsl(200, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(200, 67%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 22.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.39, -12.64, -31.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.39, 33.91, 248.11°)
OKLab	oklab(67.02% -0.0646 -0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(67.02% 0.109 233.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.1613, 30.8603, 62.9584)
Luminance	0.3086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A0CE #CE7345

analogous

#45CEB8 #45A0CE #455CCE

triadic

#45A0CE #CE45A0 #A0CE45

tetradic

#45A0CE #B845CE #CE7345 #5CCE45

square

#45A0CE #B845CE #CE7345 #5CCE45

split-complementary

#45A0CE #CE455C #CEB845

monochromatic

#205B79 #2D7FA9 #45A0CE #75B9DB #A6D1E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#45A0CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#45A0CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A0CE

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A0CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A0CE	1.00	2.93	7.17	7.17
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A9FD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7791CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a0ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 160, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.109 233.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bcdd',
    500: '#45a0ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a0ce;
$custom-light: #87bcdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a0ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.146,
    "s": 58.298,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67024,
    "c": 0.1094,
    "h": 233.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A0CE

secondary

#D5AE9A

accent

#7A46E2

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A0CE

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

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