#45A3CF#45A3CF

#45A3CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.109 H 231.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A3CF
RGB	rgb(69, 163, 207)
HSL	hsl(199, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(199, 67%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 21.3%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.31, -13.95, -30.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.31, 33.62, 245.49°)
OKLab	oklab(67.77% -0.0673 -0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(67.77% 0.109 231.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.8095, 31.9617, 63.7757)
Luminance	0.3196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A3CF #CF7145

analogous

#45CFB6 #45A3CF #455ECF

triadic

#45A3CF #CF45A3 #A3CF45

tetradic

#45A3CF #B645CF #CF7145 #5ECF45

square

#45A3CF #B645CF #CF7145 #5ECF45

split-complementary

#45A3CF #CF455E #CFB645

monochromatic

#205D7A #2C82AB #45A3CF #76BBDC #A6D3E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#45A3CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#45A3CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A3CF

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A3CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A3CF	1.00	2.84	7.39	7.39
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA1D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A93CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a3cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 163, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.109 231.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bedd',
    500: '#45a3cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a3cf;
$custom-light: #88bedd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a3cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.13,
    "s": 58.974,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67771,
    "c": 0.10903,
    "h": 231.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A3CF

secondary

#D5AD9B

accent

#7846E2

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A3CF

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

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