#45A5CC#45A5CC

#45A5CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.106 H 228.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A5CC
RGB	rgb(69, 165, 204)
HSL	hsl(197, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(197, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 19.1%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.78, -15.99, -28.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.78, 32.42, 240.44°)
OKLab	oklab(68.11% -0.0704 -0.0789)
OKLCH	oklch(68.11% 0.106 228.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.8041, 32.5322, 61.9818)
Luminance	0.3253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A5CC #CC6C45

analogous

#45CCAF #45A5CC #4561CC

triadic

#45A5CC #CC45A5 #A5CC45

tetradic

#45A5CC #AF45CC #CC6C45 #61CC45

square

#45A5CC #AF45CC #CC6C45 #61CC45

split-complementary

#45A5CC #CC4561 #CCAF45

monochromatic

#205D76 #2E83A6 #45A5CC #75BCD9 #A5D3E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#45A5CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#45A5CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A5CC

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A5CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A5CC	1.00	2.80	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A2CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E94CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a5cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 165, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.106 228.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bfdb',
    500: '#45a5cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a5cc;
$custom-light: #87bfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a5cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.333,
    "s": 56.962,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68106,
    "c": 0.10577,
    "h": 228.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A5CC

secondary

#D3AA99

accent

#7448E0

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A5CC

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

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