#45A2C4#45A2C4

#45A2C4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.100 H 225.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A2C4
RGB	rgb(69, 162, 196)
HSL	hsl(196, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 17.3%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.58, -16.94, -25.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.58, 30.69, 236.50°)
OKLab	oklab(67.05% -0.0703 -0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(67.05% 0.1 225.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.3344, 31.0887, 56.8794)
Luminance	0.3109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A2C4 #C46745

analogous

#45C4A7 #45A2C4 #4563C4

triadic

#45A2C4 #C445A2 #A2C445

tetradic

#45A2C4 #A745C4 #C46745 #63C445

square

#45A2C4 #A745C4 #C46745 #63C445

split-complementary

#45A2C4 #C44563 #C4A745

monochromatic

#22586C #317E9B #45A2C4 #73B9D3 #A2D0E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#45A2C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#45A2C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A2C4

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A2C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A2C4	1.00	2.91	7.22	7.22
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F9FC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E92C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a2c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 162, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.100 225.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bdd6',
    500: '#45a2c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a2c4;
$custom-light: #86bdd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a2c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.063,
    "s": 51.837,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67046,
    "c": 0.10022,
    "h": 225.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A2C4

secondary

#CEA597

accent

#734DDB

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A2C4

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

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