#45A5BD#45A5BD

#45A5BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.095 H 217.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A5BD
RGB	rgb(69, 165, 189)
HSL	hsl(192, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(192, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 12.7%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.22, -20.70, -20.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.22, 29.28, 225.01°)
OKLab	oklab(67.47% -0.0762 -0.0576)
OKLCH	oklch(67.47% 0.095 217.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.0909, 31.8470, 52.9590)
Luminance	0.3185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#45A5BD #BD5D45

analogous

#45BD99 #45A5BD #4569BD

triadic

#45A5BD #BD45A5 #A5BD45

tetradic

#45A5BD #9945BD #BD5D45 #69BD45

square

#45A5BD #9945BD #BD5D45 #69BD45

split-complementary

#45A5BD #BD4569 #BD9945

monochromatic

#245764 #347F91 #45A5BD #72BBCD #9FD1DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#45A5BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#45A5BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A5BD

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A5BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A5BD	1.00	2.85	7.37	7.37
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A0BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8493BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a5bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 165, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.095 217.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c0d1',
    500: '#45a5bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a5bd;
$custom-light: #86c0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a5bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67468,
    "c": 0.09548,
    "h": 217.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A5BD

secondary

#CA9F94

accent

#6C51D7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A5BD

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