#45A7C8#45A7C8

#45A7C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.102 H 223.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45A7C8
RGB	rgb(69, 167, 200)
HSL	hsl(195, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(195, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 16.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.22, -18.33, -25.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.22, 31.24, 234.09°)
OKLab	oklab(68.4% -0.074 -0.0706)
OKLCH	oklch(68.4% 0.102 223.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.6941, 33.0699, 59.6087)
Luminance	0.3307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45A7C8 #C86645

analogous

#45C8A8 #45A7C8 #4565C8

triadic

#45A7C8 #C845A7 #A7C845

tetradic

#45A7C8 #A845C8 #C86645 #65C845

square

#45A7C8 #A845C8 #C86645 #65C845

split-complementary

#45A7C8 #C84565 #C8A845

monochromatic

#215D71 #2F84A0 #45A7C8 #74BDD6 #A3D4E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#45A7C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#45A7C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A7C8

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45A7C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45A7C8	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)

#94A3CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8296C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45a7c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 167, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.102 223.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c1d8',
    500: '#45a7c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45a7c8;
$custom-light: #87c1d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45a7c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.115,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68404,
    "c": 0.10228,
    "h": 223.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45A7C8

secondary

#D1A698

accent

#6F4ADE

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #45A7C8

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

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