#45A5CB#45A5CB

#45A5CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.105 H 227.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A5CB
RGB	rgb(69, 165, 203)
HSL	hsl(197, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(197, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 18.7%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.74, -16.31, -27.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.74, 32.15, 239.51°)
OKLab	oklab(68.06% -0.0708 -0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(68.06% 0.105 227.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.6846, 32.4844, 61.3521)
Luminance	0.3249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A5CB #CB6B45

analogous

#45CBAE #45A5CB #4562CB

triadic

#45A5CB #CB45A5 #A5CB45

tetradic

#45A5CB #AE45CB #CB6B45 #62CB45

square

#45A5CB #AE45CB #CB6B45 #62CB45

split-complementary

#45A5CB #CB4562 #CBAE45

monochromatic

#215D75 #2E83A5 #45A5CB #75BCD8 #A5D3E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#45A5CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#45A5CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A5CB

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A5CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A5CB	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A2CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E94CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a5cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 165, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.105 227.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bfdb',
    500: '#45a5cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a5cb;
$custom-light: #87bfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a5cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.015,
    "s": 56.303,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68062,
    "c": 0.10496,
    "h": 227.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A5CB

secondary

#D3A999

accent

#7348E0

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A5CB

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

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