#45A1BE#45A1BE

#45A1BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.096 H 221.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A1BE
RGB	rgb(69, 161, 190)
HSL	hsl(194, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(194, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 15.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.06, -18.29, -23.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.06, 29.42, 231.55°)
OKLab	oklab(66.55% -0.0715 -0.0642)
OKLCH	oklch(66.55% 0.096 221.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.4896, 30.4701, 53.2959)
Luminance	0.3047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A1BE #BE6245

analogous

#45BE9E #45A1BE #4564BE

triadic

#45A1BE #BE45A1 #A1BE45

tetradic

#45A1BE #9E45BE #BE6245 #64BE45

square

#45A1BE #9E45BE #BE6245 #64BE45

split-complementary

#45A1BE #BE4564 #BE9E45

monochromatic

#235565 #337C93 #45A1BE #72B8CE #A0CFDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#45A1BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.09

#45A1BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A1BE

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A1BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A1BE	1.00	2.96	7.09	7.09
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909DC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F90BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a1be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 161, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.096 221.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bdd1',
    500: '#45a1be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a1be;
$custom-light: #85bdd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a1be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.38,
    "s": 48.207,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66551,
    "c": 0.0961,
    "h": 221.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A1BE

secondary

#CAA195

accent

#7150D8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A1BE

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

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