#45A3CB#45A3CB

#45A3CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.106 H 229.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A3CB
RGB	rgb(69, 163, 203)
HSL	hsl(198, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(198, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 19.7%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.15, -15.24, -28.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.15, 32.42, 241.96°)
OKLab	oklab(67.59% -0.0687 -0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(67.59% 0.106 229.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.3267, 31.7686, 61.2328)
Luminance	0.3177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A3CB #CB6D45

analogous

#45CBB0 #45A3CB #4560CB

triadic

#45A3CB #CB45A3 #A3CB45

tetradic

#45A3CB #B045CB #CB6D45 #60CB45

square

#45A3CB #B045CB #CB6D45 #60CB45

split-complementary

#45A3CB #CB4560 #CBB045

monochromatic

#215C75 #2E81A5 #45A3CB #75BBD8 #A5D2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#45A3CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#45A3CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A3CB

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A3CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A3CB	1.00	2.86	7.35	7.35
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA1CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C93CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a3cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 163, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.106 229.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bedb',
    500: '#45a3cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a3cb;
$custom-light: #87bedb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a3cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.91,
    "s": 56.303,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67591,
    "c": 0.10555,
    "h": 229.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A3CB

secondary

#D3AA99

accent

#7548E0

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A3CB

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

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