#45A1CB#45A1CB

#45A1CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.106 H 231.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A1CB
RGB	rgb(69, 161, 203)
HSL	hsl(199, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(199, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 20.7%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.56, -14.16, -29.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.56, 32.75, 244.38°)
OKLab	oklab(67.12% -0.0667 -0.0827)
OKLCH	oklch(67.12% 0.106 231.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.9744, 31.0640, 61.1154)
Luminance	0.3107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A1CB #CB6F45

analogous

#45CBB2 #45A1CB #455ECB

triadic

#45A1CB #CB45A1 #A1CB45

tetradic

#45A1CB #B245CB #CB6F45 #5ECB45

square

#45A1CB #B245CB #CB6F45 #5ECB45

split-complementary

#45A1CB #CB455E #CBB245

monochromatic

#215B75 #2E80A5 #45A1CB #75B9D8 #A5D1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#45A1CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.21

#45A1CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A1CB

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A1CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A1CB	1.00	2.91	7.21	7.21
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C9FCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7991CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a1cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 161, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.106 231.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bcdb',
    500: '#45a1cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a1cb;
$custom-light: #87bcdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a1cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.806,
    "s": 56.303,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67121,
    "c": 0.10625,
    "h": 231.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A1CB

secondary

#D3AB99

accent

#7848E0

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A1CB

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

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