#45A6CB#45A6CB

#45A6CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.105 H 226.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A6CB
RGB	rgb(69, 166, 203)
HSL	hsl(197, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(197, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 18.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.04, -16.85, -27.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.04, 32.04, 238.27°)
OKLab	oklab(68.3% -0.0718 -0.0762)
OKLCH	oklch(68.3% 0.105 226.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.8656, 32.8466, 61.4125)
Luminance	0.3285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A6CB #CB6A45

analogous

#45CBAD #45A6CB #4563CB

triadic

#45A6CB #CB45A6 #A6CB45

tetradic

#45A6CB #AD45CB #CB6A45 #63CB45

square

#45A6CB #AD45CB #CB6A45 #63CB45

split-complementary

#45A6CB #CB4563 #CBAD45

monochromatic

#215E75 #2E84A5 #45A6CB #75BDD8 #A5D4E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#45A6CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#45A6CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A6CB

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A6CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A6CB	1.00	2.77	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A3CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F95CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a6cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 166, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.105 226.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c0db',
    500: '#45a6cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a6cb;
$custom-light: #87c0db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a6cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.567,
    "s": 56.303,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68298,
    "c": 0.10471,
    "h": 226.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A6CB

secondary

#D3A999

accent

#7248E0

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A6CB

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

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