#45A5CD#45A5CD

#45A5CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.107 H 228.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A5CD
RGB	rgb(69, 165, 205)
HSL	hsl(198, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(198, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 19.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.82, -15.67, -28.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.82, 32.70, 241.36°)
OKLab	oklab(68.15% -0.0701 -0.0803)
OKLCH	oklch(68.15% 0.107 228.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.9244, 32.5804, 62.6154)
Luminance	0.3258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A5CD #CD6D45

analogous

#45CDB1 #45A5CD #4561CD

triadic

#45A5CD #CD45A5 #A5CD45

tetradic

#45A5CD #B145CD #CD6D45 #61CD45

square

#45A5CD #B145CD #CD6D45 #61CD45

split-complementary

#45A5CD #CD4561 #CDB145

monochromatic

#205E77 #2D84A8 #45A5CD #75BCDA #A5D4E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#45A5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#45A5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A5CD

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A5CD	1.00	2.79	7.52	7.52
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A2CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D95CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 165, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.107 228.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bfdc',
    500: '#45a5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a5cd;
$custom-light: #87bfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.647,
    "s": 57.627,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6815,
    "c": 0.1066,
    "h": 228.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A5CD

secondary

#D4AB9A

accent

#7447E1

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A5CD

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

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