#45A6BE#45A6BE

#45A6BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.096 H 216.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A6BE
RGB	rgb(69, 166, 190)
HSL	hsl(192, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(192, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 12.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.55, -20.92, -20.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.55, 29.46, 224.78°)
OKLab	oklab(67.75% -0.0768 -0.0577)
OKLCH	oklch(67.75% 0.096 216.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.3809, 32.2527, 53.5930)
Luminance	0.3226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#45A6BE #BE5D45

analogous

#45BE99 #45A6BE #4569BE

triadic

#45A6BE #BE45A6 #A6BE45

tetradic

#45A6BE #9945BE #BE5D45 #69BE45

square

#45A6BE #9945BE #BE5D45 #69BE45

split-complementary

#45A6BE #BE4569 #BE9945

monochromatic

#235865 #338093 #45A6BE #72BCCE #A0D1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#45A6BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#45A6BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A6BE

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A6BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A6BE	1.00	2.82	7.45	7.45
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A1BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8594BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a6be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 166, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.096 216.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c0d1',
    500: '#45a6be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a6be;
$custom-light: #86c0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a6be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.901,
    "s": 48.207,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67748,
    "c": 0.09609,
    "h": 216.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A6BE

secondary

#CA9F95

accent

#6B50D8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A6BE

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

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