#45A7BB#45A7BB

#45A7BB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.095 H 213.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A7BB
RGB	rgb(69, 167, 187)
HSL	hsl(190, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(190, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 10.7%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.74, -22.35, -18.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.74, 29.19, 220.05°)
OKLab	oklab(67.87% -0.0791 -0.0522)
OKLCH	oklch(67.87% 0.095 213.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.2389, 32.4878, 51.9447)
Luminance	0.3249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A7BB #BB5945

analogous

#45BB94 #45A7BB #456CBB

triadic

#45A7BB #BB45A7 #A7BB45

tetradic

#45A7BB #9445BB #BB5945 #6CBB45

square

#45A7BB #9445BB #BB5945 #6CBB45

split-complementary

#45A7BB #BB456C #BB9445

monochromatic

#245762 #347F8F #45A7BB #72BCCB #9FD1DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#45A7BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#45A7BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A7BB

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A7BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A7BB	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A2BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8795BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a7bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 167, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.095 213.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c1cf',
    500: '#45a7bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a7bb;
$custom-light: #85c1cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a7bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.169,
    "s": 46.457,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67868,
    "c": 0.09475,
    "h": 213.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A7BB

secondary

#C89C94

accent

#6852D6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A7BB

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

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