#45A3CA#45A3CA

#45A3CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.105 H 228.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A3CA
RGB	rgb(69, 163, 202)
HSL	hsl(198, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(198, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 19.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.11, -15.56, -28.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.11, 32.14, 241.04°)
OKLab	oklab(67.55% -0.0691 -0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(67.55% 0.105 228.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.2079, 31.7211, 60.6072)
Luminance	0.3172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A3CA #CA6C45

analogous

#45CAAE #45A3CA #4560CA

triadic

#45A3CA #CA45A3 #A3CA45

tetradic

#45A3CA #AE45CA #CA6C45 #60CA45

square

#45A3CA #AE45CA #CA6C45 #60CA45

split-complementary

#45A3CA #CA4560 #CAAE45

monochromatic

#215B74 #2F81A3 #45A3CA #75BBD8 #A4D2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#45A3CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#45A3CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A3CA

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A3CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A3CA	1.00	2.86	7.34	7.34
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA0CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C93C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a3ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 163, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.105 228.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87beda',
    500: '#45a3ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a3ca;
$custom-light: #87beda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a3ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.594,
    "s": 55.649,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67546,
    "c": 0.10471,
    "h": 228.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A3CA

secondary

#D2AA99

accent

#7549DF

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A3CA

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

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