#45A4BD#45A4BD

#45A4BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.095 H 218.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A4BD
RGB	rgb(69, 164, 189)
HSL	hsl(193, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(193, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 13.2%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.92, -20.18, -21.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.92, 29.24, 226.36°)
OKLab	oklab(67.23% -0.0751 -0.0589)
OKLCH	oklch(67.23% 0.095 218.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.9113, 31.4876, 52.8991)
Luminance	0.3149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#45A4BD #BD5E45

analogous

#45BD9A #45A4BD #4568BD

triadic

#45A4BD #BD45A4 #A4BD45

tetradic

#45A4BD #9A45BD #BD5E45 #68BD45

square

#45A4BD #9A45BD #BD5E45 #68BD45

split-complementary

#45A4BD #BD4568 #BD9A45

monochromatic

#245764 #347E91 #45A4BD #72BACD #9FD0DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#45A4BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#45A4BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A4BD

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A4BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A4BD	1.00	2.88	7.30	7.30
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A0BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8393BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a4bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 164, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.095 218.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bfd1',
    500: '#45a4bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a4bd;
$custom-light: #85bfd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a4bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.5,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67228,
    "c": 0.09542,
    "h": 218.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A4BD

secondary

#CA9F94

accent

#6D51D7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A4BD

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

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