#45A3C8#45A3C8

#45A3C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.103 H 227.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A3C8
RGB	rgb(69, 163, 200)
HSL	hsl(197, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(197, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 18.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.03, -16.20, -27.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.03, 31.60, 239.15°)
OKLab	oklab(67.46% -0.0698 -0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(67.46% 0.103 227.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.9726, 31.6270, 59.3682)
Luminance	0.3163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A3C8 #C86A45

analogous

#45C8AC #45A3C8 #4561C8

triadic

#45A3C8 #C845A3 #A3C845

tetradic

#45A3C8 #AC45C8 #C86A45 #61C845

square

#45A3C8 #AC45C8 #C86A45 #61C845

split-complementary

#45A3C8 #C84561 #C8AC45

monochromatic

#215B71 #2F80A0 #45A3C8 #74BAD6 #A3D2E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#45A3C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#45A3C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A3C8

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A3C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A3C8	1.00	2.87	7.33	7.33
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA0CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D93C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a3c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 163, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.103 227.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bed8',
    500: '#45a3c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a3c8;
$custom-light: #87bed8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a3c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.947,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67458,
    "c": 0.10309,
    "h": 227.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A3C8

secondary

#D1A898

accent

#744ADE

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A3C8

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

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