#45A5CA#45A5CA

#45A5CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.104 H 226.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A5CA
RGB	rgb(69, 165, 202)
HSL	hsl(197, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(197, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 18.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.70, -16.63, -27.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.70, 31.89, 238.56°)
OKLab	oklab(68.02% -0.0712 -0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(68.02% 0.104 226.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.5658, 32.4369, 60.7266)
Luminance	0.3244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A5CA #CA6A45

analogous

#45CAAD #45A5CA #4562CA

triadic

#45A5CA #CA45A5 #A5CA45

tetradic

#45A5CA #AD45CA #CA6A45 #62CA45

square

#45A5CA #AD45CA #CA6A45 #62CA45

split-complementary

#45A5CA #CA4562 #CAAD45

monochromatic

#215D74 #2F83A3 #45A5CA #75BCD8 #A4D3E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#45A5CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#45A5CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A5CA

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A5CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A5CA	1.00	2.80	7.49	7.49
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A2CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F94CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a5ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 165, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.104 226.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bfda',
    500: '#45a5ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a5ca;
$custom-light: #87bfda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a5ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.692,
    "s": 55.649,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68018,
    "c": 0.10417,
    "h": 226.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A5CA

secondary

#D2A999

accent

#7349DF

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A5CA

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

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