#45A5CE#45A5CE

#45A5CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.107 H 229.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A5CE
RGB	rgb(69, 165, 206)
HSL	hsl(198, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(198, 67%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 19.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.86, -15.35, -29.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.86, 32.98, 242.26°)
OKLab	oklab(68.19% -0.0697 -0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(68.19% 0.107 229.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.0455, 32.6288, 63.2532)
Luminance	0.3263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A5CE #CE6E45

analogous

#45CEB3 #45A5CE #4561CE

triadic

#45A5CE #CE45A5 #A5CE45

tetradic

#45A5CE #B345CE #CE6E45 #61CE45

square

#45A5CE #B345CE #CE6E45 #61CE45

split-complementary

#45A5CE #CE4561 #CEB345

monochromatic

#205E79 #2D84A9 #45A5CE #75BCDB #A6D4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#45A5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#45A5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A5CE

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A5CE	1.00	2.79	7.53	7.53
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A3D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D95CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 165, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.107 229.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bfdd',
    500: '#45a5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a5ce;
$custom-light: #88bfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.956,
    "s": 58.298,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68195,
    "c": 0.10742,
    "h": 229.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A5CE

secondary

#D5AC9A

accent

#7546E2

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A5CE

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

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