#45A2C3#45A2C3

#45A2C3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.099 H 224.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A2C3
RGB	rgb(69, 162, 195)
HSL	hsl(196, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 16.9%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.54, -17.25, -25.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.54, 30.45, 235.49°)
OKLab	oklab(67% -0.0707 -0.07)
OKLCH	oklch(67% 0.099 224.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.2210, 31.0433, 56.2820)
Luminance	0.3105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A2C3 #C36645

analogous

#45C3A5 #45A2C3 #4563C3

triadic

#45A2C3 #C345A2 #A2C345

tetradic

#45A2C3 #A545C3 #C36645 #63C345

square

#45A2C3 #A545C3 #C36645 #63C345

split-complementary

#45A2C3 #C34563 #C3A545

monochromatic

#23586B #317E99 #45A2C3 #73B9D2 #A2D0E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#45A2C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.21

#45A2C3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A2C3

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A2C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A2C3	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)

#909FC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E92C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a2c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 162, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.099 224.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bdd5',
    500: '#45a2c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a2c3;
$custom-light: #86bdd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a2c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.714,
    "s": 51.22,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67003,
    "c": 0.09948,
    "h": 224.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A2C3

secondary

#CEA596

accent

#724DDB

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A2C3

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

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