#45A5CF#45A5CF

#45A5CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.108 H 230.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A5CF
RGB	rgb(69, 165, 207)
HSL	hsl(198, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(198, 67%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 20.3%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.90, -15.03, -29.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.90, 33.27, 243.15°)
OKLab	oklab(68.24% -0.0693 -0.0831)
OKLCH	oklch(68.24% 0.108 230.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.1674, 32.6775, 63.8950)
Luminance	0.3268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A5CF #CF6F45

analogous

#45CFB4 #45A5CF #4560CF

triadic

#45A5CF #CF45A5 #A5CF45

tetradic

#45A5CF #B445CF #CF6F45 #60CF45

square

#45A5CF #B445CF #CF6F45 #60CF45

split-complementary

#45A5CF #CF4560 #CFB445

monochromatic

#205F7A #2C84AB #45A5CF #76BDDC #A6D4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#45A5CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#45A5CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A5CF

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A5CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A5CF	1.00	2.79	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A3D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D95CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a5cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 165, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.108 230.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bfdd',
    500: '#45a5cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a5cf;
$custom-light: #88bfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a5cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.261,
    "s": 58.974,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6824,
    "c": 0.10827,
    "h": 230.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A5CF

secondary

#D5AC9B

accent

#7546E2

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A5CF

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

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