#45A3CD#45A3CD

#45A3CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.107 H 230.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A3CD
RGB	rgb(69, 163, 205)
HSL	hsl(199, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(199, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 20.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.23, -14.60, -29.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.23, 33.01, 243.76°)
OKLab	oklab(67.68% -0.068 -0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(67.68% 0.107 230.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.5665, 31.8645, 62.4961)
Luminance	0.3187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A3CD #CD6F45

analogous

#45CDB3 #45A3CD #455FCD

triadic

#45A3CD #CD45A3 #A3CD45

tetradic

#45A3CD #B345CD #CD6F45 #5FCD45

square

#45A3CD #B345CD #CD6F45 #5FCD45

split-complementary

#45A3CD #CD455F #CDB345

monochromatic

#205D77 #2D82A8 #45A3CD #75BBDA #A5D3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#45A3CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#45A3CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A3CD

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A3CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A3CD	1.00	2.85	7.37	7.37
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA1CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B93CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a3cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 163, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.107 230.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bedc',
    500: '#45a3cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a3cd;
$custom-light: #87bedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a3cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.529,
    "s": 57.627,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67681,
    "c": 0.10726,
    "h": 230.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A3CD

secondary

#D4AC9A

accent

#7647E1

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A3CD

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

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