#45A6BB#45A6BB

#45A6BB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.095 H 214.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A6BB
RGB	rgb(69, 166, 187)
HSL	hsl(191, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(191, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 11.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.44, -21.83, -19.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.44, 29.10, 221.39°)
OKLab	oklab(67.63% -0.078 -0.0534)
OKLCH	oklch(67.63% 0.095 214.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.0564, 32.1229, 51.8839)
Luminance	0.3213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A6BB #BB5A45

analogous

#45BB95 #45A6BB #456BBB

triadic

#45A6BB #BB45A6 #A6BB45

tetradic

#45A6BB #9545BB #BB5A45 #6BBB45

square

#45A6BB #9545BB #BB5A45 #6BBB45

split-complementary

#45A6BB #BB456B #BB9545

monochromatic

#245762 #347F8F #45A6BB #72BBCB #9FD1DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#45A6BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#45A6BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A6BB

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A6BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A6BB	1.00	2.83	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A1BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8694BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a6bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 166, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.095 214.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c0cf',
    500: '#45a6bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a6bb;
$custom-light: #85c0cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a6bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.678,
    "s": 46.457,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67627,
    "c": 0.09457,
    "h": 214.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A6BB

secondary

#C89D94

accent

#6952D6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A6BB

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

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