#45A1BF#45A1BF

#45A1BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.097 H 222.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A1BF
RGB	rgb(69, 161, 191)
HSL	hsl(195, 49%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(195, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 15.7%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.10, -17.98, -23.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.10, 29.62, 232.63°)
OKLab	oklab(66.59% -0.0711 -0.0656)
OKLCH	oklch(66.59% 0.097 222.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.5993, 30.5140, 53.8735)
Luminance	0.3052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A1BF #BF6345

analogous

#45BFA0 #45A1BF #4564BF

triadic

#45A1BF #BF45A1 #A1BF45

tetradic

#45A1BF #A045BF #BF6345 #64BF45

square

#45A1BF #A045BF #BF6345 #64BF45

split-complementary

#45A1BF #BF4564 #BFA045

monochromatic

#235666 #337C94 #45A1BF #73B8CF #A0CFDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#45A1BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.10

#45A1BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A1BF

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A1BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A1BF	1.00	2.96	7.10	7.10
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909DC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E91BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a1bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 161, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.097 222.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bdd2',
    500: '#45a1bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a1bf;
$custom-light: #85bdd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a1bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.754,
    "s": 48.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66594,
    "c": 0.09678,
    "h": 222.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A1BF

secondary

#CBA295

accent

#714FD8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A1BF

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

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