#45A1C8#45A1C8

#45A1C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.104 H 229.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A1C8
RGB	rgb(69, 161, 200)
HSL	hsl(198, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(198, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 19.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.44, -15.13, -28.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.44, 31.86, 241.66°)
OKLab	oklab(66.99% -0.0678 -0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(66.99% 0.104 229.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.6203, 30.9224, 59.2508)
Luminance	0.3093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A1C8 #C86C45

analogous

#45C8AE #45A1C8 #455FC8

triadic

#45A1C8 #C845A1 #A1C845

tetradic

#45A1C8 #AE45C8 #C86C45 #5FC845

square

#45A1C8 #AE45C8 #C86C45 #5FC845

split-complementary

#45A1C8 #C8455F #C8AE45

monochromatic

#215971 #2F7FA0 #45A1C8 #74B9D6 #A3D1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#45A1C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.19

#45A1C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A1C8

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A1C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A1C8	1.00	2.92	7.19	7.19
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D9FCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B91C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a1c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 161, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.104 229.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bcd8',
    500: '#45a1c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a1c8;
$custom-light: #87bcd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a1c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.863,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66986,
    "c": 0.10367,
    "h": 229.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A1C8

secondary

#D1A998

accent

#764ADE

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A1C8

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

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