#45A4BE#45A4BE

#45A4BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.096 H 218.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A4BE
RGB	rgb(69, 164, 190)
HSL	hsl(193, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(193, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 13.7%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.95, -19.87, -21.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.95, 29.40, 227.47°)
OKLab	oklab(67.27% -0.0747 -0.0603)
OKLCH	oklch(67.27% 0.096 218.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.0202, 31.5312, 53.4728)
Luminance	0.3153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#45A4BE #BE5F45

analogous

#45BE9C #45A4BE #4567BE

triadic

#45A4BE #BE45A4 #A4BE45

tetradic

#45A4BE #9C45BE #BE5F45 #67BE45

square

#45A4BE #9C45BE #BE5F45 #67BE45

split-complementary

#45A4BE #BE4567 #BE9C45

monochromatic

#235765 #337E93 #45A4BE #72BACE #A0D0DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#45A4BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#45A4BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A4BE

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A4BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A4BE	1.00	2.87	7.31	7.31
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A0BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8293BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a4be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 164, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.096 218.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bfd1',
    500: '#45a4be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a4be;
$custom-light: #86bfd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a4be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.893,
    "s": 48.207,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67269,
    "c": 0.09601,
    "h": 218.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A4BE

secondary

#CAA095

accent

#6D50D8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A4BE

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

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