#45A1CA#45A1CA

#45A1CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.105 H 230.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A1CA
RGB	rgb(69, 161, 202)
HSL	hsl(198, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(198, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 20.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.52, -14.48, -29.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.52, 32.44, 243.49°)
OKLab	oklab(67.07% -0.067 -0.0813)
OKLCH	oklch(67.07% 0.105 230.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.8556, 31.0165, 60.4898)
Luminance	0.3102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A1CA #CA6E45

analogous

#45CAB0 #45A1CA #455ECA

triadic

#45A1CA #CA45A1 #A1CA45

tetradic

#45A1CA #B045CA #CA6E45 #5ECA45

square

#45A1CA #B045CA #CA6E45 #5ECA45

split-complementary

#45A1CA #CA455E #CAB045

monochromatic

#215A74 #2F7FA3 #45A1CA #75B9D8 #A4D1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#45A1CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#45A1CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A1CA

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A1CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A1CA	1.00	2.92	7.20	7.20
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C9FCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A91C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a1ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 161, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.105 230.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bcda',
    500: '#45a1ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a1ca;
$custom-light: #87bcda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a1ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.496,
    "s": 55.649,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67075,
    "c": 0.10537,
    "h": 230.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A1CA

secondary

#D2AA99

accent

#7749DF

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A1CA

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

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