#45A1BC#45A1BC

#45A1BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.095 H 220.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A1BC
RGB	rgb(69, 161, 188)
HSL	hsl(194, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(194, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 14.4%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.98, -18.91, -22.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.98, 29.04, 229.35°)
OKLab	oklab(66.47% -0.0723 -0.0613)
OKLCH	oklch(66.47% 0.095 220.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.2726, 30.3833, 52.1526)
Luminance	0.3039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A1BC #BC6045

analogous

#45BC9B #45A1BC #4566BC

triadic

#45A1BC #BC45A1 #A1BC45

tetradic

#45A1BC #9B45BC #BC6045 #66BC45

square

#45A1BC #9B45BC #BC6045 #66BC45

split-complementary

#45A1BC #BC4566 #BC9B45

monochromatic

#245563 #347B90 #45A1BC #72B8CC #9FCEDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#45A1BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#45A1BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A1BC

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A1BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A1BC	1.00	2.97	7.08	7.08
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919DBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F90BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a1bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 161, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.095 220.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bdd0',
    500: '#45a1bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a1bc;
$custom-light: #85bdd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a1bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.613,
    "s": 47.036,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66467,
    "c": 0.09481,
    "h": 220.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A1BC

secondary

#C9A094

accent

#6F51D7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A1BC

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

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