#45A7BD#45A7BD

#45A7BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.096 H 215.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A7BD
RGB	rgb(69, 167, 189)
HSL	hsl(191, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(191, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 11.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.81, -21.74, -19.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.81, 29.40, 222.32°)
OKLab	oklab(67.95% -0.0783 -0.055)
OKLCH	oklch(67.95% 0.096 215.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.4545, 32.5741, 53.0802)
Luminance	0.3258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#45A7BD #BD5B45

analogous

#45BD97 #45A7BD #456BBD

triadic

#45A7BD #BD45A7 #A7BD45

tetradic

#45A7BD #9745BD #BD5B45 #6BBD45

square

#45A7BD #9745BD #BD5B45 #6BBD45

split-complementary

#45A7BD #BD456B #BD9745

monochromatic

#245864 #348091 #45A7BD #72BCCD #9FD2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#45A7BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#45A7BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A7BD

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A7BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A7BD	1.00	2.79	7.52	7.52
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A2BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8695BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a7bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 167, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.096 215.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c1d1',
    500: '#45a7bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a7bd;
$custom-light: #86c1d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a7bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67948,
    "c": 0.09568,
    "h": 215.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A7BD

secondary

#CA9E94

accent

#6951D7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A7BD

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