#45A3BE#45A3BE

#45A3BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.096 H 219.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A3BE
RGB	rgb(69, 163, 190)
HSL	hsl(193, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(193, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 14.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.65, -19.35, -22.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.65, 29.39, 228.83°)
OKLab	oklab(67.03% -0.0736 -0.0616)
OKLCH	oklch(67.03% 0.096 219.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.8419, 31.1747, 53.4133)
Luminance	0.3118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A3BE #BE6045

analogous

#45BE9C #45A3BE #4566BE

triadic

#45A3BE #BE45A3 #A3BE45

tetradic

#45A3BE #9C45BE #BE6045 #66BE45

square

#45A3BE #9C45BE #BE6045 #66BE45

split-complementary

#45A3BE #BE4566 #BE9C45

monochromatic

#235765 #337D93 #45A3BE #72B9CE #A0D0DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#45A3BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.24

#45A3BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A3BE

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A3BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A3BE	1.00	2.90	7.24	7.24
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929FBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8192BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a3be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 163, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.096 219.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bed1',
    500: '#45a3be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a3be;
$custom-light: #85bed1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a3be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.388,
    "s": 48.207,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6703,
    "c": 0.09601,
    "h": 219.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A3BE

secondary

#CAA195

accent

#6E50D8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A3BE

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

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