#45A3CC#45A3CC

#45A3CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.106 H 230.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A3CC
RGB	rgb(69, 163, 204)
HSL	hsl(198, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(198, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 20.1%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.19, -14.92, -29.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.19, 32.71, 242.87°)
OKLab	oklab(67.64% -0.0684 -0.0815)
OKLCH	oklch(67.64% 0.106 230)
XYZ	xyz(26.4462, 31.8164, 61.8625)
Luminance	0.3182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A3CC #CC6E45

analogous

#45CCB1 #45A3CC #455FCC

triadic

#45A3CC #CC45A3 #A3CC45

tetradic

#45A3CC #B145CC #CC6E45 #5FCC45

square

#45A3CC #B145CC #CC6E45 #5FCC45

split-complementary

#45A3CC #CC455F #CCB145

monochromatic

#205C76 #2E82A6 #45A3CC #75BBD9 #A5D3E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#45A3CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#45A3CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A3CC

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A3CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A3CC	1.00	2.85	7.36	7.36
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA1CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B93CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a3cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 163, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.106 230.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bedb',
    500: '#45a3cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a3cc;
$custom-light: #87bedb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a3cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.222,
    "s": 56.962,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67636,
    "c": 0.1064,
    "h": 230
  },
  "luminance": 0.31819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A3CC

secondary

#D3AB99

accent

#7648E0

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A3CC

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

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