#45A4CB#45A4CB

#45A4CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.105 H 228.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A4CB
RGB	rgb(69, 164, 203)
HSL	hsl(197, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(197, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 19.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.45, -15.78, -28.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.45, 32.28, 240.74°)
OKLab	oklab(67.83% -0.0698 -0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(67.83% 0.105 228.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.5049, 32.1251, 61.2922)
Luminance	0.3213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A4CB #CB6C45

analogous

#45CBAF #45A4CB #4561CB

triadic

#45A4CB #CB45A4 #A4CB45

tetradic

#45A4CB #AF45CB #CB6C45 #61CB45

square

#45A4CB #AF45CB #CB6C45 #61CB45

split-complementary

#45A4CB #CB4561 #CBAF45

monochromatic

#215C75 #2E82A5 #45A4CB #75BBD8 #A5D3E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#45A4CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#45A4CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A4CB

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A4CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A4CB	1.00	2.83	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A1CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D94CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a4cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 164, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.105 228.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bfdb',
    500: '#45a4cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a4cb;
$custom-light: #87bfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a4cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.463,
    "s": 56.303,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67826,
    "c": 0.10525,
    "h": 228.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A4CB

secondary

#D3AA99

accent

#7448E0

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A4CB

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

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