#45A5BA#45A5BA

#45A5BA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.094 H 214.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A5BA
RGB	rgb(69, 165, 186)
HSL	hsl(191, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(191, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 11.3%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.11, -21.62, -19.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.11, 28.91, 221.60°)
OKLab	oklab(67.35% -0.0774 -0.0533)
OKLCH	oklch(67.35% 0.094 214.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.7687, 31.7181, 51.2617)
Luminance	0.3172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A5BA #BA5A45

analogous

#45BA94 #45A5BA #456BBA

triadic

#45A5BA #BA45A5 #A5BA45

tetradic

#45A5BA #9445BA #BA5A45 #6BBA45

square

#45A5BA #9445BA #BA5A45 #6BBA45

split-complementary

#45A5BA #BA456B #BA9445

monochromatic

#245661 #347D8D #45A5BA #72BBCB #9ED0DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#45A5BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#45A5BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A5BA

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A5BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A5BA	1.00	2.86	7.34	7.34
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A0BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8593BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a5ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 165, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.094 214.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c0ce',
    500: '#45a5ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a5ba;
$custom-light: #85c0ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a5ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.769,
    "s": 45.882,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67346,
    "c": 0.09395,
    "h": 214.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A5BA

secondary

#C89D93

accent

#6A52D6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A5BA

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

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