#45A5BF#45A5BF

#45A5BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.097 H 218.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A5BF
RGB	rgb(69, 165, 191)
HSL	hsl(193, 49%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(193, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 13.6%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.29, -20.09, -21.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.29, 29.58, 227.23°)
OKLab	oklab(67.55% -0.0754 -0.0604)
OKLCH	oklch(67.55% 0.097 218.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.3095, 31.9344, 54.1102)
Luminance	0.3194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A5BF #BF5F45

analogous

#45BF9C #45A5BF #4568BF

triadic

#45A5BF #BF45A5 #A5BF45

tetradic

#45A5BF #9C45BF #BF5F45 #68BF45

square

#45A5BF #9C45BF #BF5F45 #68BF45

split-complementary

#45A5BF #BF4568 #BF9C45

monochromatic

#235866 #337F94 #45A5BF #73BBCF #A0D1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#45A5BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#45A5BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A5BF

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A5BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A5BF	1.00	2.84	7.39	7.39
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A1C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8394BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a5bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 165, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.097 218.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c0d2',
    500: '#45a5bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a5bf;
$custom-light: #86c0d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a5bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.787,
    "s": 48.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6755,
    "c": 0.0966,
    "h": 218.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A5BF

secondary

#CBA095

accent

#6D4FD8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A5BF

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

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