#45A2CB#45A2CB

#45A2CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.106 H 230.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A2CB
RGB	rgb(69, 162, 203)
HSL	hsl(198, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(198, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 20.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.86, -14.70, -29.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.86, 32.58, 243.18°)
OKLab	oklab(67.36% -0.0677 -0.0814)
OKLCH	oklch(67.36% 0.106 230.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.1498, 31.4149, 61.1739)
Luminance	0.3142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A2CB #CB6E45

analogous

#45CBB1 #45A2CB #455FCB

triadic

#45A2CB #CB45A2 #A2CB45

tetradic

#45A2CB #B145CB #CB6E45 #5FCB45

square

#45A2CB #B145CB #CB6E45 #5FCB45

split-complementary

#45A2CB #CB455F #CBB145

monochromatic

#215B75 #2E80A5 #45A2CB #75BAD8 #A5D2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#45A2CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#45A2CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A2CB

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A2CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A2CB	1.00	2.88	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA0CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B92CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a2cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 162, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.106 230.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bddb',
    500: '#45a2cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a2cb;
$custom-light: #87bddb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a2cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.358,
    "s": 56.303,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67356,
    "c": 0.10589,
    "h": 230.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A2CB

secondary

#D3AB99

accent

#7748E0

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A2CB

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

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