#45A4BC#45A4BC

#45A4BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.095 H 217.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A4BC
RGB	rgb(69, 164, 188)
HSL	hsl(192, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(192, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 12.8%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.88, -20.49, -20.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.88, 29.10, 225.24°)
OKLab	oklab(67.19% -0.0755 -0.0574)
OKLCH	oklch(67.19% 0.095 217.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.8031, 31.4444, 52.3294)
Luminance	0.3145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A4BC #BC5D45

analogous

#45BC99 #45A4BC #4568BC

triadic

#45A4BC #BC45A4 #A4BC45

tetradic

#45A4BC #9945BC #BC5D45 #68BC45

square

#45A4BC #9945BC #BC5D45 #68BC45

split-complementary

#45A4BC #BC4568 #BC9945

monochromatic

#245663 #347D90 #45A4BC #72BACC #9FD0DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#45A4BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#45A4BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A4BC

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A4BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A4BC	1.00	2.88	7.29	7.29
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949FBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8393BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a4bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 164, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.095 217.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bfd0',
    500: '#45a4bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a4bc;
$custom-light: #85bfd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a4bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.101,
    "s": 47.036,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67187,
    "c": 0.09487,
    "h": 217.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A4BC

secondary

#C99F94

accent

#6C51D7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A4BC

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

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