#45A4B9#45A4B9

#45A4B9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.093 H 214.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A4B9
RGB	rgb(69, 164, 185)
HSL	hsl(191, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(191, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 11.4%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.77, -21.41, -19.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.77, 28.72, 221.80°)
OKLab	oklab(67.07% -0.0767 -0.0532)
OKLCH	oklch(67.07% 0.093 214.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.4831, 31.3164, 50.6439)
Luminance	0.3132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A4B9 #B95A45

analogous

#45B994 #45A4B9 #456AB9

triadic

#45A4B9 #B945A4 #A4B945

tetradic

#45A4B9 #9445B9 #B95A45 #6AB945

square

#45A4B9 #9445B9 #B95A45 #6AB945

split-complementary

#45A4B9 #B9456A #B99445

monochromatic

#245560 #347C8C #45A4B9 #71BACA #9ED0DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#45A4B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26

#45A4B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A4B9

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A4B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A4B9	1.00	2.89	7.26	7.26
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959FBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8492B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a4b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 164, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.093 214.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bfce',
    500: '#45a4b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a4b9;
$custom-light: #85bfce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a4b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.862,
    "s": 45.669,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67065,
    "c": 0.09333,
    "h": 214.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A4B9

secondary

#C79C93

accent

#6A52D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A4B9

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

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