#45A4CC#45A4CC

#45A4CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.106 H 229.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A4CC
RGB	rgb(69, 164, 204)
HSL	hsl(198, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(198, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 19.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.49, -15.46, -28.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.49, 32.56, 241.66°)
OKLab	oklab(67.87% -0.0694 -0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(67.87% 0.106 229.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.6245, 32.1729, 61.9219)
Luminance	0.3218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A4CC #CC6D45

analogous

#45CCB0 #45A4CC #4560CC

triadic

#45A4CC #CC45A4 #A4CC45

tetradic

#45A4CC #B045CC #CC6D45 #60CC45

square

#45A4CC #B045CC #CC6D45 #60CC45

split-complementary

#45A4CC #CC4560 #CCB045

monochromatic

#205D76 #2E82A6 #45A4CC #75BBD9 #A5D3E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#45A4CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.44

#45A4CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A4CC

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A4CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A4CC	1.00	2.82	7.44	7.44
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA1CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D94CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a4cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 164, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.106 229.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bfdb',
    500: '#45a4cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a4cc;
$custom-light: #87bfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a4cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.778,
    "s": 56.962,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67871,
    "c": 0.10607,
    "h": 229.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A4CC

secondary

#D3AB99

accent

#7548E0

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A4CC

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

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