#45A6CE#45A6CE

#45A6CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.107 H 228.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A6CE
RGB	rgb(69, 166, 206)
HSL	hsl(198, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(198, 67%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 19.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.15, -15.89, -28.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.15, 32.84, 241.06°)
OKLab	oklab(68.43% -0.0707 -0.0804)
OKLCH	oklch(68.43% 0.107 228.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.2266, 32.9909, 63.3136)
Luminance	0.3299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A6CE #CE6D45

analogous

#45CEB2 #45A6CE #4562CE

triadic

#45A6CE #CE45A6 #A6CE45

tetradic

#45A6CE #B245CE #CE6D45 #62CE45

square

#45A6CE #B245CE #CE6D45 #62CE45

split-complementary

#45A6CE #CE4562 #CEB245

monochromatic

#205F79 #2D85A9 #45A6CE #75BDDB #A6D4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#45A6CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#45A6CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A6CE

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A6CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A6CE	1.00	2.76	7.60	7.60
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A3D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E95CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a6ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 166, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.107 228.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c0dd',
    500: '#45a6ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a6ce;
$custom-light: #88c0dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a6ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.518,
    "s": 58.298,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6843,
    "c": 0.10711,
    "h": 228.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A6CE

secondary

#D5AB9A

accent

#7446E2

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A6CE

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

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