#45A2BE#45A2BE

#45A2BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.096 H 220.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A2BE
RGB	rgb(69, 162, 190)
HSL	hsl(194, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(194, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 14.7%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.36, -18.82, -22.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.36, 29.39, 230.19°)
OKLab	oklab(66.79% -0.0726 -0.0629)
OKLCH	oklch(66.79% 0.096 220.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.6651, 30.8210, 53.3544)
Luminance	0.3082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A2BE #BE6145

analogous

#45BE9D #45A2BE #4565BE

triadic

#45A2BE #BE45A2 #A2BE45

tetradic

#45A2BE #9D45BE #BE6145 #65BE45

square

#45A2BE #9D45BE #BE6145 #65BE45

split-complementary

#45A2BE #BE4565 #BE9D45

monochromatic

#235665 #337D93 #45A2BE #72B9CE #A0CFDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#45A2BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.16

#45A2BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A2BE

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A2BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A2BE	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)

#919EC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8091BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a2be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 162, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.096 220.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bdd1',
    500: '#45a2be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a2be;
$custom-light: #85bdd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a2be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.884,
    "s": 48.207,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6679,
    "c": 0.09604,
    "h": 220.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A2BE

secondary

#CAA195

accent

#6F50D8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A2BE

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

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