#45A7BC#45A7BC

#45A7BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.095 H 214.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A7BC
RGB	rgb(69, 167, 188)
HSL	hsl(191, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(191, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 11.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.78, -22.04, -19.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.78, 29.29, 221.19°)
OKLab	oklab(67.91% -0.0787 -0.0536)
OKLCH	oklch(67.91% 0.095 214.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.3463, 32.5308, 52.5105)
Luminance	0.3253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A7BC #BC5A45

analogous

#45BC95 #45A7BC #456BBC

triadic

#45A7BC #BC45A7 #A7BC45

tetradic

#45A7BC #9545BC #BC5A45 #6BBC45

square

#45A7BC #9545BC #BC5A45 #6BBC45

split-complementary

#45A7BC #BC456B #BC9545

monochromatic

#245863 #348090 #45A7BC #72BCCC #9FD2DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#45A7BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#45A7BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A7BC

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A7BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A7BC	1.00	2.80	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A2BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8695BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a7bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 167, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.095 214.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c1d0',
    500: '#45a7bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a7bc;
$custom-light: #86c1d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a7bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.588,
    "s": 47.036,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67908,
    "c": 0.0952,
    "h": 214.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A7BC

secondary

#C99D94

accent

#6951D7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A7BC

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

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