#45A5C8#45A5C8

#45A5C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.103 H 225.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A5C8
RGB	rgb(69, 165, 200)
HSL	hsl(196, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(196, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 17.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.63, -17.27, -26.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.63, 31.39, 236.63°)
OKLab	oklab(67.93% -0.0719 -0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(67.93% 0.103 225.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.3305, 32.3428, 59.4875)
Luminance	0.3235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A5C8 #C86845

analogous

#45C8AA #45A5C8 #4563C8

triadic

#45A5C8 #C845A5 #A5C845

tetradic

#45A5C8 #AA45C8 #C86845 #63C845

square

#45A5C8 #AA45C8 #C86845 #63C845

split-complementary

#45A5C8 #C84563 #C8AA45

monochromatic

#215C71 #2F82A0 #45A5C8 #74BCD6 #A3D3E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#45A5C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#45A5C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A5C8

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A5C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A5C8	1.00	2.81	7.47	7.47
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A2CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F94C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a5c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 165, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.103 225.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bfd8',
    500: '#45a5c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a5c8;
$custom-light: #87bfd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a5c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.031,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67931,
    "c": 0.10263,
    "h": 225.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A5C8

secondary

#D1A798

accent

#724ADE

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A5C8

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

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