#45A6BF#45A6BF

#45A6BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.097 H 217.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A6BF
RGB	rgb(69, 166, 191)
HSL	hsl(192, 49%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(192, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 13.1%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.59, -20.61, -21.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.59, 29.61, 225.89°)
OKLab	oklab(67.79% -0.0764 -0.0591)
OKLCH	oklch(67.79% 0.097 217.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.4906, 32.2965, 54.1706)
Luminance	0.3230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A6BF #BF5E45

analogous

#45BF9B #45A6BF #4569BF

triadic

#45A6BF #BF45A6 #A6BF45

tetradic

#45A6BF #9B45BF #BF5E45 #69BF45

square

#45A6BF #9B45BF #BF5E45 #69BF45

split-complementary

#45A6BF #BF4569 #BF9B45

monochromatic

#235966 #338094 #45A6BF #73BCCF #A0D2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#45A6BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#45A6BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A6BF

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A6BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A6BF	1.00	2.82	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A1C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8494BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a6bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 166, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.097 217.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c0d2',
    500: '#45a6bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a6bf;
$custom-light: #86c0d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a6bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.295,
    "s": 48.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67789,
    "c": 0.09664,
    "h": 217.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A6BF

secondary

#CBA095

accent

#6B4FD8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A6BF

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

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