#45A6CA#45A6CA

#45A6CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.104 H 226.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A6CA
RGB	rgb(69, 166, 202)
HSL	hsl(196, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(196, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 17.8%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.00, -17.16, -26.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.00, 31.79, 237.32°)
OKLab	oklab(68.25% -0.0722 -0.0748)
OKLCH	oklch(68.25% 0.104 226)
XYZ	xyz(26.7469, 32.7990, 60.7869)
Luminance	0.3280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A6CA #CA6945

analogous

#45CAAC #45A6CA #4563CA

triadic

#45A6CA #CA45A6 #A6CA45

tetradic

#45A6CA #AC45CA #CA6945 #63CA45

square

#45A6CA #AC45CA #CA6945 #63CA45

split-complementary

#45A6CA #CA4563 #CAAC45

monochromatic

#215D74 #2F84A3 #45A6CA #75BDD8 #A4D4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#45A6CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#45A6CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A6CA

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A6CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A6CA	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A3CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8095CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a6ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 166, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.104 226.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c0da',
    500: '#45a6ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a6ca;
$custom-light: #87c0da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a6ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.241,
    "s": 55.649,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68254,
    "c": 0.10394,
    "h": 226
  },
  "luminance": 0.32802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A6CA

secondary

#D2A899

accent

#7149DF

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A6CA

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

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