#45A4CE#45A4CE

#45A4CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.108 H 230.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A4CE
RGB	rgb(69, 164, 206)
HSL	hsl(198, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(198, 67%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 20.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.56, -14.81, -29.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.56, 33.14, 243.45°)
OKLab	oklab(67.96% -0.0687 -0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(67.96% 0.108 230.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.8659, 32.2695, 63.1933)
Luminance	0.3227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A4CE #CE6F45

analogous

#45CEB4 #45A4CE #4560CE

triadic

#45A4CE #CE45A4 #A4CE45

tetradic

#45A4CE #B445CE #CE6F45 #60CE45

square

#45A4CE #B445CE #CE6F45 #60CE45

split-complementary

#45A4CE #CE4560 #CEB445

monochromatic

#205E79 #2D83A9 #45A4CE #75BCDB #A6D3E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#45A4CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#45A4CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A4CE

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A4CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A4CE	1.00	2.82	7.45	7.45
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA2D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C94CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a4ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 164, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.108 230.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bfdd',
    500: '#45a4ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a4ce;
$custom-light: #87bfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a4ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.394,
    "s": 58.298,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6796,
    "c": 0.10777,
    "h": 230.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A4CE

secondary

#D5AC9A

accent

#7646E2

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A4CE

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

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