#45A4CD#45A4CD

#45A4CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.107 H 229.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A4CD
RGB	rgb(69, 164, 205)
HSL	hsl(198, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(198, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 20%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.53, -15.14, -29.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.53, 32.85, 242.56°)
OKLab	oklab(67.92% -0.069 -0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(67.92% 0.107 229.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.7448, 32.2210, 62.5556)
Luminance	0.3222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A4CD #CD6E45

analogous

#45CDB2 #45A4CD #4560CD

triadic

#45A4CD #CD45A4 #A4CD45

tetradic

#45A4CD #B245CD #CD6E45 #60CD45

square

#45A4CD #B245CD #CD6E45 #60CD45

split-complementary

#45A4CD #CD4560 #CDB245

monochromatic

#205D77 #2D83A8 #45A4CD #75BCDA #A5D3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#45A4CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.44

#45A4CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A4CD

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A4CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A4CD	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)

#8FA2CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C94CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a4cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 164, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.107 229.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bfdc',
    500: '#45a4cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a4cd;
$custom-light: #87bfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a4cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.088,
    "s": 57.627,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67915,
    "c": 0.10691,
    "h": 229.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A4CD

secondary

#D4AB9A

accent

#7547E1

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A4CD

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

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