#45A3BF#45A3BF

#45A3BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.097 H 220.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A3BF
RGB	rgb(69, 163, 191)
HSL	hsl(194, 49%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(194, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 14.7%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.69, -19.04, -22.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.69, 29.57, 229.92°)
OKLab	oklab(67.07% -0.0733 -0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(67.07% 0.097 220.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.9516, 31.2186, 53.9909)
Luminance	0.3122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A3BF #BF6145

analogous

#45BF9E #45A3BF #4566BF

triadic

#45A3BF #BF45A3 #A3BF45

tetradic

#45A3BF #9E45BF #BF6145 #66BF45

square

#45A3BF #9E45BF #BF6145 #66BF45

split-complementary

#45A3BF #BF4566 #BF9E45

monochromatic

#235766 #337E94 #45A3BF #73BACF #A0D0DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#45A3BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.24

#45A3BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A3BF

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A3BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A3BF	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)

#929FC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8192BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a3bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 163, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.097 220.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bed2',
    500: '#45a3bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a3bf;
$custom-light: #86bed2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a3bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.77,
    "s": 48.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67071,
    "c": 0.09664,
    "h": 220.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A3BF

secondary

#CBA195

accent

#6F4FD8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A3BF

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

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