#45A1CD#45A1CD

#45A1CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.108 H 232.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A1CD
RGB	rgb(69, 161, 205)
HSL	hsl(199, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(199, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 21.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.64, -13.51, -30.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.64, 33.37, 246.12°)
OKLab	oklab(67.21% -0.066 -0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(67.21% 0.108 232.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.2142, 31.1599, 62.3787)
Luminance	0.3116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A1CD #CD7145

analogous

#45CDB5 #45A1CD #455DCD

triadic

#45A1CD #CD45A1 #A1CD45

tetradic

#45A1CD #B545CD #CD7145 #5DCD45

square

#45A1CD #B545CD #CD7145 #5DCD45

split-complementary

#45A1CD #CD455D #CDB545

monochromatic

#205B77 #2D80A8 #45A1CD #75B9DA #A5D2E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#45A1CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#45A1CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A1CD

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A1CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A1CD	1.00	2.90	7.23	7.23
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B9FCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7892CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a1cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 161, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.108 232.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bcdc',
    500: '#45a1cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a1cd;
$custom-light: #87bcdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a1cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.412,
    "s": 57.627,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67212,
    "c": 0.10803,
    "h": 232.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A1CD

secondary

#D4AD9A

accent

#7947E1

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A1CD

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

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