#45A6BC#45A6BC

#45A6BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.095 H 215.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A6BC
RGB	rgb(69, 166, 188)
HSL	hsl(191, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(191, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 11.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.48, -21.53, -19.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.48, 29.21, 222.53°)
OKLab	oklab(67.67% -0.0776 -0.0549)
OKLCH	oklch(67.67% 0.095 215.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.1638, 32.1658, 52.4497)
Luminance	0.3217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A6BC #BC5B45

analogous

#45BC96 #45A6BC #456BBC

triadic

#45A6BC #BC45A6 #A6BC45

tetradic

#45A6BC #9645BC #BC5B45 #6BBC45

square

#45A6BC #9645BC #BC5B45 #6BBC45

split-complementary

#45A6BC #BC456B #BC9645

monochromatic

#245763 #347F90 #45A6BC #72BCCC #9FD1DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#45A6BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#45A6BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A6BC

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A6BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A6BC	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)

#97A1BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8594BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a6bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 166, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.095 215.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c0d0',
    500: '#45a6bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a6bc;
$custom-light: #85c0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a6bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.092,
    "s": 47.036,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67667,
    "c": 0.09506,
    "h": 215.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A6BC

secondary

#C99E94

accent

#6A51D7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A6BC

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

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