#45A6CD#45A6CD

#45A6CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.106 H 228.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A6CD
RGB	rgb(69, 166, 205)
HSL	hsl(197, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(197, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 19%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.11, -16.21, -28.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.11, 32.56, 240.15°)
OKLab	oklab(68.39% -0.0711 -0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(68.39% 0.106 228)
XYZ	xyz(27.1055, 32.9425, 62.6758)
Luminance	0.3295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A6CD #CD6C45

analogous

#45CDB0 #45A6CD #4562CD

triadic

#45A6CD #CD45A6 #A6CD45

tetradic

#45A6CD #B045CD #CD6C45 #62CD45

square

#45A6CD #B045CD #CD6C45 #62CD45

split-complementary

#45A6CD #CD4562 #CDB045

monochromatic

#205E77 #2D85A8 #45A6CD #75BDDA #A5D4E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#45A6CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#45A6CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A6CD

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A6CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A6CD	1.00	2.77	7.59	7.59
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A3CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F95CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a6cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 166, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.106 228.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c0dc',
    500: '#45a6cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a6cd;
$custom-light: #87c0dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a6cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.206,
    "s": 57.627,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68386,
    "c": 0.10629,
    "h": 228
  },
  "luminance": 0.32945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A6CD

secondary

#D4AA9A

accent

#7347E1

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A6CD

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

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