#45A5BE#45A5BE

#45A5BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.096 H 217.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A5BE
RGB	rgb(69, 165, 190)
HSL	hsl(192, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(192, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 13.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.25, -20.39, -21.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.25, 29.42, 226.12°)
OKLab	oklab(67.51% -0.0758 -0.059)
OKLCH	oklch(67.51% 0.096 217.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.1999, 31.8905, 53.5326)
Luminance	0.3189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#45A5BE #BE5E45

analogous

#45BE9A #45A5BE #4568BE

triadic

#45A5BE #BE45A5 #A5BE45

tetradic

#45A5BE #9A45BE #BE5E45 #68BE45

square

#45A5BE #9A45BE #BE5E45 #68BE45

split-complementary

#45A5BE #BE4568 #BE9A45

monochromatic

#235865 #337F93 #45A5BE #72BBCE #A0D1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#45A5BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#45A5BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A5BE

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A5BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A5BE	1.00	2.85	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A0BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8394BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a5be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 165, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.096 217.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c0d1',
    500: '#45a5be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a5be;
$custom-light: #86c0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a5be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.397,
    "s": 48.207,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67509,
    "c": 0.09604,
    "h": 217.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A5BE

secondary

#CAA095

accent

#6C50D8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A5BE

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

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