#45A3CE#45A3CE

#45A3CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.108 H 231.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A3CE
RGB	rgb(69, 163, 206)
HSL	hsl(199, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(199, 67%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 20.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.27, -14.27, -30.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.27, 33.31, 244.63°)
OKLab	oklab(67.73% -0.0677 -0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(67.73% 0.108 231.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.6876, 31.9130, 63.1339)
Luminance	0.3192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A3CE #CE7045

analogous

#45CEB5 #45A3CE #455FCE

triadic

#45A3CE #CE45A3 #A3CE45

tetradic

#45A3CE #B545CE #CE7045 #5FCE45

square

#45A3CE #B545CE #CE7045 #5FCE45

split-complementary

#45A3CE #CE455F #CEB545

monochromatic

#205D79 #2D82A9 #45A3CE #75BBDB #A6D3E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#45A3CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#45A3CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A3CE

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A3CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A3CE	1.00	2.84	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA1D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B93CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a3ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 163, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.108 231.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bedd',
    500: '#45a3ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a3ce;
$custom-light: #87bedd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a3ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.832,
    "s": 58.298,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67726,
    "c": 0.10814,
    "h": 231.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A3CE

secondary

#D5AD9A

accent

#7746E2

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A3CE

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

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