#45A3BC#45A3BC

#45A3BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.095 H 218.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A3BC
RGB	rgb(69, 163, 188)
HSL	hsl(193, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(193, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 13.3%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.58, -19.97, -21.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.58, 29.06, 226.60°)
OKLab	oklab(66.95% -0.0744 -0.0587)
OKLCH	oklch(66.95% 0.095 218.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.6249, 31.0879, 52.2700)
Luminance	0.3109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A3BC #BC5E45

analogous

#45BC99 #45A3BC #4567BC

triadic

#45A3BC #BC45A3 #A3BC45

tetradic

#45A3BC #9945BC #BC5E45 #67BC45

square

#45A3BC #9945BC #BC5E45 #67BC45

split-complementary

#45A3BC #BC4567 #BC9945

monochromatic

#245663 #347D90 #45A3BC #72B9CC #9FD0DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#45A3BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#45A3BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A3BC

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A3BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A3BC	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)

#939FBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8292BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a3bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 163, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.095 218.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bed0',
    500: '#45a3bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a3bc;
$custom-light: #85bed0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a3bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.605,
    "s": 47.036,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66947,
    "c": 0.09482,
    "h": 218.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A3BC

secondary

#C99F94

accent

#6D51D7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A3BC

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

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