#45A2CE#45A2CE

#45A2CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.109 H 232.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A2CE
RGB	rgb(69, 162, 206)
HSL	hsl(199, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(199, 67%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 21.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.98, -13.73, -30.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.98, 33.50, 245.80°)
OKLab	oklab(67.49% -0.0666 -0.0857)
OKLCH	oklch(67.49% 0.109 232.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.5108, 31.5593, 63.0749)
Luminance	0.3156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A2CE #CE7145

analogous

#45CEB6 #45A2CE #455ECE

triadic

#45A2CE #CE45A2 #A2CE45

tetradic

#45A2CE #B645CE #CE7145 #5ECE45

square

#45A2CE #B645CE #CE7145 #5ECE45

split-complementary

#45A2CE #CE455E #CEB645

monochromatic

#205C79 #2D81A9 #45A2CE #75BADB #A6D2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#45A2CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#45A2CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A2CE

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A2CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A2CE	1.00	2.87	7.31	7.31
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA0D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7992CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a2ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 162, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.109 232.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bddd',
    500: '#45a2ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a2ce;
$custom-light: #87bddd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a2ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.27,
    "s": 58.298,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67492,
    "c": 0.10854,
    "h": 232.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A2CE

secondary

#D5AD9A

accent

#7846E2

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A2CE

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

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