#45A2BD#45A2BD

#45A2BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.095 H 220.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A2BD
RGB	rgb(69, 162, 189)
HSL	hsl(194, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(194, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 14.3%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.32, -19.13, -22.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.32, 29.21, 229.09°)
OKLab	oklab(66.75% -0.073 -0.0615)
OKLCH	oklch(66.75% 0.095 220.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.5562, 30.7774, 52.7807)
Luminance	0.3078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A2BD #BD6045

analogous

#45BD9C #45A2BD #4566BD

triadic

#45A2BD #BD45A2 #A2BD45

tetradic

#45A2BD #9C45BD #BD6045 #66BD45

square

#45A2BD #9C45BD #BD6045 #66BD45

split-complementary

#45A2BD #BD4566 #BD9C45

monochromatic

#245664 #347C91 #45A2BD #72B9CD #9FCFDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#45A2BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.16

#45A2BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A2BD

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A2BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A2BD	1.00	2.93	7.16	7.16
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919EBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8091BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a2bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 162, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.095 220.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bdd1',
    500: '#45a2bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a2bd;
$custom-light: #85bdd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a2bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.5,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66749,
    "c": 0.0954,
    "h": 220.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A2BD

secondary

#CAA094

accent

#6F51D7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A2BD

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