#45A2C8#45A2C8

#45A2C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.103 H 228.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A2C8
RGB	rgb(69, 162, 200)
HSL	hsl(197, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(197, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 19%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.74, -15.66, -27.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.74, 31.72, 240.41°)
OKLab	oklab(67.22% -0.0688 -0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(67.22% 0.103 228.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.7958, 31.2733, 59.3093)
Luminance	0.3128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A2C8 #C86B45

analogous

#45C8AD #45A2C8 #4560C8

triadic

#45A2C8 #C845A2 #A2C845

tetradic

#45A2C8 #AD45C8 #C86B45 #60C845

square

#45A2C8 #AD45C8 #C86B45 #60C845

split-complementary

#45A2C8 #C84560 #C8AD45

monochromatic

#215A71 #2F80A0 #45A2C8 #74BAD6 #A3D1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#45A2C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26

#45A2C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A2C8

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A2C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A2C8	1.00	2.89	7.26	7.26
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E9FCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C92C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a2c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 162, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.103 228.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bdd8',
    500: '#45a2c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a2c8;
$custom-light: #87bdd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a2c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.405,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67222,
    "c": 0.10337,
    "h": 228.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A2C8

secondary

#D1A898

accent

#754ADE

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A2C8

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

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