#45A5BB#45A5BB

#45A5BB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.094 H 215.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A5BB
RGB	rgb(69, 165, 187)
HSL	hsl(191, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(191, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 11.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.14, -21.31, -19.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.14, 29.02, 222.74°)
OKLab	oklab(67.39% -0.077 -0.0547)
OKLCH	oklch(67.39% 0.094 215.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.8753, 31.7607, 51.8235)
Luminance	0.3176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A5BB #BB5B45

analogous

#45BB96 #45A5BB #456ABB

triadic

#45A5BB #BB45A5 #A5BB45

tetradic

#45A5BB #9645BB #BB5B45 #6ABB45

square

#45A5BB #9645BB #BB5B45 #6ABB45

split-complementary

#45A5BB #BB456A #BB9645

monochromatic

#245662 #347E8F #45A5BB #72BBCB #9FD0DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#45A5BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#45A5BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A5BB

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A5BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A5BB	1.00	2.86	7.35	7.35
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A0BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8493BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a5bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 165, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.094 215.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c0cf',
    500: '#45a5bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a5bb;
$custom-light: #85c0cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a5bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.186,
    "s": 46.457,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67387,
    "c": 0.09444,
    "h": 215.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A5BB

secondary

#C89D94

accent

#6A52D6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A5BB

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

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