#45A5BC#45A5BC

#45A5BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.095 H 216.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A5BC
RGB	rgb(69, 165, 188)
HSL	hsl(192, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(192, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 12.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.18, -21.01, -20.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.18, 29.15, 223.88°)
OKLab	oklab(67.43% -0.0766 -0.0562)
OKLCH	oklch(67.43% 0.095 216.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.9828, 31.8037, 52.3893)
Luminance	0.3181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A5BC #BC5C45

analogous

#45BC98 #45A5BC #4569BC

triadic

#45A5BC #BC45A5 #A5BC45

tetradic

#45A5BC #9845BC #BC5C45 #69BC45

square

#45A5BC #9845BC #BC5C45 #69BC45

split-complementary

#45A5BC #BC4569 #BC9845

monochromatic

#245763 #347E90 #45A5BC #72BBCC #9FD1DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#45A5BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#45A5BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A5BC

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A5BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A5BC	1.00	2.85	7.36	7.36
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A0BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8493BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a5bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 165, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.095 216.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c0d0',
    500: '#45a5bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a5bc;
$custom-light: #85c0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a5bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.597,
    "s": 47.036,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67427,
    "c": 0.09495,
    "h": 216.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A5BC

secondary

#C99E94

accent

#6B51D7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A5BC

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

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