#45A6CF#45A6CF

#45A6CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.108 H 229.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A6CF
RGB	rgb(69, 166, 207)
HSL	hsl(198, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(198, 67%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 19.8%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.19, -15.57, -29.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.19, 33.12, 241.96°)
OKLab	oklab(68.47% -0.0704 -0.0818)
OKLCH	oklch(68.47% 0.108 229.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.3485, 33.0397, 63.9554)
Luminance	0.3304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A6CF #CF6E45

analogous

#45CFB3 #45A6CF #4561CF

triadic

#45A6CF #CF45A6 #A6CF45

tetradic

#45A6CF #B345CF #CF6E45 #61CF45

square

#45A6CF #B345CF #CF6E45 #61CF45

split-complementary

#45A6CF #CF4561 #CFB345

monochromatic

#205F7A #2C85AB #45A6CF #76BDDC #A6D5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#45A6CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#45A6CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A6CF

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A6CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A6CF	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A3D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E95CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a6cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 166, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.108 229.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c0dd',
    500: '#45a6cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a6cf;
$custom-light: #88c0dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a6cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.826,
    "s": 58.974,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68474,
    "c": 0.10794,
    "h": 229.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A6CF

secondary

#D5AC9B

accent

#7446E2

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A6CF

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

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