#45A4CF#45A4CF

#45A4CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.109 H 231.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A4CF
RGB	rgb(69, 164, 207)
HSL	hsl(199, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(199, 67%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 20.8%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.60, -14.49, -30.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.60, 33.44, 244.32°)
OKLab	oklab(68.01% -0.0683 -0.0845)
OKLCH	oklch(68.01% 0.109 231)
XYZ	xyz(26.9877, 32.3182, 63.8351)
Luminance	0.3232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A4CF #CF7045

analogous

#45CFB5 #45A4CF #455FCF

triadic

#45A4CF #CF45A4 #A4CF45

tetradic

#45A4CF #B545CF #CF7045 #5FCF45

square

#45A4CF #B545CF #CF7045 #5FCF45

split-complementary

#45A4CF #CF455F #CFB545

monochromatic

#205E7A #2C83AB #45A4CF #76BCDC #A6D4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#45A4CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#45A4CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A4CF

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A4CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A4CF	1.00	2.81	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA2D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B94CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a4cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 164, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.109 231.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bfdd',
    500: '#45a4cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a4cf;
$custom-light: #88bfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a4cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.696,
    "s": 58.974,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68005,
    "c": 0.10864,
    "h": 231
  },
  "luminance": 0.32321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A4CF

secondary

#D5AD9B

accent

#7646E2

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A4CF

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

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